CO129-540-5 Water supply- Shing Mun Valley Waterworks scheme 11-5-1932 - 7-12-1932 — Page 38

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are free and the officers are entitled to an allowance if

quarters are not provided. We suggest that Clause 5 of

the enclosed alternative draft Agreement should be

substituted.

Clause 6. This clearly envisages a temporary officer

on probation or one in permanent Government Service, and is,

we think, quite inapplicable to a definitely terminable and

relatively short engagement: we therefore suggest the

deletion of this clause, and the introduction of a new

clause to say that "Such allowance for transport will be

granted as the Consulting Engineers may consider necessary

but not exceeding the basis set out in their letter to the

Crown Agents of September 16th 1932".

Clause 8. We should like the introduction of the

words "on being notified by the Consulting Engineers" after

the word "may" in the fifth line, though we appreciate that,

without further amendment, the clause then may not be

acceptable. Perhaps instead the words "with the concurrence

of the Consulting Engineers" might be added.

Clause 9 (1). We are of opinion that six months'

notice or the equivalent salary in lieu should be substituted

for three months' notice or one month': s salary.

(2). The amendment required follows (1).

Clause 12. We are of opinion that, in the interests of

the work, the Resident Engineer should have leave on a more

generous scale. As casual leave is not required in his

case, we recommend that the clause should read somewhat as

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