CO129-558-3 Levy on Salaries- petition from Chinese Civil Servants 3-1-1936 - 19-12-1936 — Page 125

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TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

MR. JAMES HENRY THOMAS,

M. P., HIS MAJESTY'S

SECRETARY OF STATE FOR

THE COLONIES.

SHEWETH:

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THE HUMBLE PETITION OF THE UNDER-

SIGNED CHINESE CIVIL SERVANTS OF

THE COLONY OF HONG KONG.

1. Your Petitioners are representative of all

branches of the Chinese Civil Servants, employed by the

Government of Hong Kong, and whose emoluments and allow-

ances are paid wholly in local dollar currency.

2.

The total number of such Chinese Civil Servants,

which is roughly 3,500, may be divided into certain main

categories such as Chinese Medical Officers, Inspectors

of Vernacular Schools, Junior Clerical Service, Anglo-

Chinese Assistant Kasters, Asiatic Sanitary Inspectors,

Wireless Operators, Surveyors, Draughtsmen, Railway Station

Masters, Motor Drivers, Telegraphist-Computers, Wireless

Technicians, Telephone Operators, Hospital Dressers and

Nurses, Coxswains and Boatmen, Launch Engineers, P. W. D.

Foremen, Gardeners, Revenue Officers, Police Officers,

Watchmen, Office Attendants, and a general body of employees whose salaries are subject to the temporary levy.

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