CO129-600-2 Salaries Commission- proposed Public Services Commission 20-1-1948 - 1-3-1948 — Page 105

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INWARD TELEGRAM

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FROM HONG KONG (Sir A. Grantham)

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Your telegram No. 1965.

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Promised despatch referred to VED Wraph ↑ has not yet arrived, bus I agree that the appointment of a Public Services Commission could be deferred with advantage for a few months. I have in the meantime appointed a Conditions of Service Committee under the Chairmanship of Mr.D.S.Sloss, C.B.E., to advise me on various points such as eligibility for expatriation pay in individual cases.

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Your paragraph 2. I agree. I presume that it will be necessary to refer to you all local appointments to grades normally occupied by officers of unified

services, and that recommendations for appointment should be accompanied by P.1. Form completed by local candidates. Grateful for confirma tion,

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Your paragraph 3. I recommend that limit of salary for Class II Officers should be altered from £600 a year to 1080 per month, This figure corresponds

= £210/.a roughly to minimum of highest promotion class for Class III officere, as roference to Scale D in Appendix III of Salaries Commission Report will indicate. No radioal alteration in classification' necessary or desirable for the time being.

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Grateful for telegraphic approval,

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