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OUTWARD TELEGRAM

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TO COMMANDER IN CHIEF HONG KONG

FROM S. OF S., COLONIES.

Sent 9th November

1945. 19.00 hrs, (to Admiralty for onward

transmission)

It has been agreed that salaries of following Hong Kong Government officials will accrue during period of internment:-

2.

(a) those in pensionable posts whether engaged

locally or externally. ·

(b) those in non-pensionable posts engaged

externally.

(c) those in non-pensionable posts engaged locally

who were interned provided

(1) they were engaged prior to 1st August 1939

being approximately the date the

Compulsory Service Ordinance No. 32 of 1939 came into force; and

(ii) they were engaged on a contract for a

period of not less than a year; or on the understanding that their employment would be at least of a semi-permanent nature and not (repeat not) purely an ad hoc war-time appointment,

Similar treatment may be accorded in the case of officials of Raffles College and teachers in grant-aided schoola where remuneration was based on Government scales. Officials contributing to Provident Funde should be accorded the same treatment as officials filling pensionable posts.

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