CO129-600-1 Salaries Commission- proposed Public Services Commission 29-9-1947 - 28-12-1947 — Page 12

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Mr. King.

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Mr. Whittle

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Parly. U.S. S.

Secretary of State.

October, 1947.

Your Reference.......

AJAAN KA MALKAKtisbormisariokakkukkakakakakakaid AN

DRAFT.DESPATCH.

GOVERNOR,

HONG KONG,

(See No.1)

attached

of part

FURTHER ACTION.

H

Sir,

I have the honour to refer to the

proposal in Chapter 8 of the Salaries

Commission Report, enclosed with your despatch

No.215 of the 12th September, that a

Public Services Commission should be set up

in the Colony and to say that I agree to the

proposal in principle.

The establishment of Public Services

Commissione in the Colonies is to be discusset

in November at the African Governors

Conference, and for your information I enclose,

dealings wter alia, with 2 copies of the memorandum this subject

and a the subject of Whitley Councils which has been prepared for the Conference, and which

deals,

You will see that many of the points

are similar to those in Chapter 8 of the

Salaries Commission Report and it would, I

feel, be advantageous to await the result of

the Conference before making any definite

decisions on the subject.

The following are however some of the

on Chapter 8 of the Report points which arose during the discussion/which

was held with Mr Sloss:

Paragraph 171. There is some doubt

Whether it should be within the scope of

a Public Services Commission to interpr