CO129-543-3 Leave and passage regulations 13-1-1933 - 11-9-1933 — Page 14

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We are having appeals on three grounds:·

(1) On the kind of ground in No.3 - comparison with

other persons in the same department, with other

officers in similar departments elsewhere, and with

other officers in other departments in the same

colony.

(2) On the kind of ground in No. 5 - comparison with

other professional officers in and out of the

service, and the effect on recruitment.

(3) On the kind of ground in No.10

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removal of the

privilege of first-class passages from officers

who have already enjoyed it.

It seems to me that in fixing the salary limit, and in

deciding that only confirmed officers should have the

choice, the Governor of Hong Kong has not anticipated

the results and the various objections which might be

and are being raised; and I do not think the procedure

of considering thematters piecemeal on representations

made by individuals or in respect of special classes

is likely to lead to an equitable result.

Nor do I very much like the idea of suggesting that

a concession or rearrangement in regard to one class

of officer (viz. those who are now relegated from first

to 2nd class passages) should be accompanied by a

curtailment of a privilege which so far the Hong

Kong Government has been prepared to allow to another

(viz. married officers with families). We are not

in a position to assess the relative degree of hardship

involved.

I am inclined to write to the Governor saying that

the representations made have been on various grounds

(as