CO129-600-5 Salaries Commission- remuneration of women 13-11-1947 - 9-5-1948 — Page 2

C.I.A.

1.

Extract from H.K. Salaries Commission Report.

(Orig 53723/47)

M.King.

You will remember that during

discussions

the

it

was

had

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the Salames Cammnissia

Sala. Commiss

pointed out that the f

recommended that

wan

should receive only 80% of the pay of many

usual practice in the

but that

the

U.K. and elsewhere

start at the

same

mon &

was for women to

salary, but,

through smaller increments a

тахийни

a woman's

salary is usually about

80% of a man's.

Before drafting a despatch to the

Governor, pointing this out and asking

I should be glad if

for his views,

could

you

a little

and

expand on the statement

quote

the figures of any

precedents etc.

1). B. Why te 14

D.

!

:

Differentiation in the scales of men and

women in the higher salary ranges of the various

scales is intended to provide for the additional

expenses of the average man as his domestic

responsibilities increase. These responsibilities

are due to marriage and consequently do not

normally arise at the beginning of an officer's

career. It is reasonable, therefore, that to

begin with the pay of men and women should be

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