CO129-599-1 Salaries Commission 8-12-1947 - 22-12-1947 — Page 89

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CODE TELEGRAM

53723/47/48

CONFIDENTIAL

92

GOVERNOR

HONG KONG

279)

were on leave

decision offuers who pror to retirement on 1st January 1947 will be excluded from the benefit of the new scales.

This involves a departiere from acceplid practice which has hitherto been followed in all other

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1.

Your Savingram No.475 Confidential

Salaries Commission,

In view of your representations

I now accept recommendations of

Salaries Commission in paragraph 194

of Report.

In consequence of this

2. I note that you are prepared

to consider on their merits, for

application of the Salaries Commission

terms, officers who were on the Hong

Kong establishment on 1st January 1947,

but who were not on duty in the Colony

on that date, provided they

(a)

any case of anorialy it

or (b)

re-considerer

FURTHER ACTION.

Mr. Bancroft (Treasury

with copy of 279)

Mr. King (s)

Mr. Nicholls (S) i

have subsequently returned

to the Colony

have been seconded elsewhere

or (c) were on leave prior to

transfer.

and that in fact you do not

anticipate that any cases will arise

where application of the new terms to

refused

such officers will be referred.

3. I agree that 1st January 1948

should be taken as date of announcement

of "final approval of the recommendation

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