APPENDIX a.
The Honourable,
The Colonial secretary,
pir,
Hong Kong.
Hong Kong, 12th March, 1937.
Chinese Members of the Junior Clerical service desire
to bring to the attention of the Government the sad plight in
which they now find themselves, many of them having been drawin
maximum salaries in their respective grades for years without
any immediate prospect of securing promotion and increased
salary. It can be seen from the following table, compiled from
the Civil service list of 1936, that nearly one half of the men
are eagerly looking forward to the Subordinate Staff Board to
cast an eye on them and of these over two-thirds have been
patiently waiting two years or more with their families growing
and requiring increased support:
J. C. S.
stablisiment
Un Maximum balary on 1.11.36
Un Maximum Salary for 2 yrs. or more
Class VIB
316
91
59
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VIA
80
79
75
V
120
84
46
11
IV
80
49
33
11
III
58
2
"
II
36
18
14
Ι
15
3
10
6
Higher Class
The stagnation or slowness of promotion has caused no
little concern to the Members of the Junior Clerical Service
especially those in the lower grades (in Class Vĩa, 75 out of
80 men have been on their maximum pay for 2 years or more).
This sad condition, it is submitted, has been brought about
through the following reasons:
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