CO129-534-3 Report of Retrenchment Commission 4-5-1931 - 19-2-1932 — Page 147

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Loss of the Officer's services must be detrimental to the best

interests of the pupils, who are supposed to depend upon the

good offices of the Crow.

26. The Commissioners would suggest that in future such

officers as are appointed from England should only be

appointed if they are already fully qualified, and should not

be permitted to obtain these qualifications during their

service in the Government and in whole or part at Government

expense.

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CONDITIONS OF APPOINTMENT OF LADY LEACHERS.

The contract between the Crown and an officer of the

Education Department is for a probationary period of tim ee

years, At any time during her service, whether during or

after the probationary period, a lady teacher is required by

her contract to resign on marriage, thereby terminating her

appointment. Provision is made in the terms of contract that

if this resignation falls within the three years' probationary

period, the lady teacher is required to refund the whole of her

passage money from England to Hong Kong. From the evidence

before them the Commissioners gather that this proviso ha gof

late years only been partially or not at all enforced. They

would recommend however that in consideration not only of the

loss of the refund of passage money, but of all the other

expenses borne by the Government in passages for freshly

appointed candidates, additional payment of medical fees, travelling expenses of candidates in England, and Crown Agents

Departmental charges, this provision should in future be

rigidly enforced and that the whole of the passage money should

be refunded by any officer resigning before the completion of

the three years' probationary period.