CO129-587-18 Chinese physical training instructors- improved salary scales 30-8-1940 - 22-10-1940 — Page 5

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been specially trained since their initial appointment for

physical training work and it is felt that efficiency cannot

be maintained if new men have continually to be trained to

fill vacancies. It is this Government's ultimate aim to have

enough trained teachers, with additional qualifications in

physical training, to carry out physical training in the

schools as a part of their ordinary duties; a start has

already been made towards this end but it will be many years

before it can be achieved in all schools. In the meantime

the present class of Physical Training Instructors is

essential and the Director of Education advises that a

salary scale is needed which is sufficiently attractive to

keep them in service after their training and to give them a

reasonable status vis-à-vis the teachers of other subjects.

Although I would not go so far as the Director

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of Education, whose first proposal was that Physical

Training Instructors should be given, after completing their

training, a status and salary equal to that of Vernacular

Masters (namely, $900 to $1,650 by $150 annually; then $1,950

to $2,250 by $300; then $2,400 to $3,000 by $150 annually) or

Mistresses (namely, $720 to $2,400 by $120 annually), as the

case may be, I agree that some amelioration is desirable and

recommend that the following salary scale apply to the post

of Chinese Physical Training Instructor:- $600 to $840 by

$60 annually; then, on confirmation to the pensionable

establishment, $900 to $1,800 by $100 annually.

For the

post of Chinese Female Physical Training Instructor I

recommend $480 to $660 by $60 annually; then, on confirmation