CO129-559-10 Recruitment of Chinese to Hong Kong Police Force 22-7-1936 - 22-7-1936 — Page 5

£300

2.

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This method of selection has been adopted on the basis of past

experience, which has shown that, in appointments of this kind

and in view of local conditions, character is of more importance

to the success of the scheme than intellect or scholarship.

4.

The question of salaries and conditions of

service was referred to a Committee drawn from the Executive

and Legislative Councils. The scale recommended by the Committee

for the first twelve years of service is as follows:-

756

Year of Service

1st. (on probation)

$ per annum.

900

2nd. ( do. >

1000

3rd. ( do. >

1100

4th. (on agreement)

1300

5th. ( do. >

1400

6th. ( do. >

1500

7th. (on second agreement)

1700

8th. (

do.

1850

9th. (

do.

2000

10th. (on third agreement)

2250

11th. (

do.

}

2500

12th. (

do.

) 2750

7172

At this point there should be a strict efficiency bar until the

sub-inspector has proved his fitness for appointment as inspector. The rates of salary for inspectors as recommended are $3000 to $4800 per annum by annual increments of $200. Exceptionally

able men might thereafter be eligible for promotion to the commissioned ranks of assistant superintendent; but it is not considered desirable at present to hold out such prospects, or

necessary at this stage to make recommendations as to the salary

of an officer who will not in any case be appointed for at least

twenty-one years to come.