CO129-590-27 Ex-employees of Hong Kong Government- relief payments and allowances 27-3-1942 - 16-8-1943 — Page 56

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FROM CHUNGKING TO FOREIGN OFFICE

Sir H. Seymour

No.326.

D. 2.00 p.m. 23rd March, 1943. R. 3.55 p.m. 23rd March, 1943.

23rd March, 1943.

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Your telegram No.60 paragraph 2.

Following for Colonial Office from Swegwick.

Sep

Is 1/6th added to salary as at September 30th 1942 in calculating ad hoc allowances.

bb 2. Your telegram No.264 paragraph 4 last sentence. Meaning

"No abolition addition" for relief

not clear. Please elucidate.

3. Your telegram No.264 paragraph 5. Absence of records will make it impossible to check on length of service claimed by temporary staff. I suggest provision where necessary instead of allowances to temporary staff with prima facie claim to over 10 years service, allowances or commuted pension being granted only to those who can prove the exact length of service or who have obviously qualified for maximum pension. Similar difficulty will arise regarding paymaster pensions referred to in paragraph 4 in telegram under reference payment of

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[Copies sent to Colonial Office).

Afor relief