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is

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di gram

illustrating the

1

C.O

have

L.

A.

indicated

Attached to

that they recommend

the difference

the Committee's Report

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the rates

and

it

between

their rates

and the governori

Proposals.

The

3.

allowances

perhaps

best be considered in relation to four

ranges of basic

identical

어 (21)

salaries, not quite

with those

(9) less than $150

set out in

p.m.

Para 5

(6) $150

$

400 p.m.

(c) $400

$1200p.m

(d) above $1200 p.m.

The rates proposed for (a) do not

differ greatly from those

but they

are

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beni

paid

longer based

the

rehabilitation allowance.

The

V

embraces

vates for group (b), which the majority of locally engaged

Mercial workers, are

than the existing

oner

considerably higher

and higher also

than the revised Singapore rates.

both the

Governor

grounds in

and

the Committee

adduce special

support of this.

which

calculated

salary

Group (c) rates

steadily diminishing %% of basie

have been formulated with

suitable link between

appear to

the object of providing

D

the rates for group (b) and (1). The fact that

higher than the corresponding

they

Singapore rates

the remarks in

would seem

ѝ

not easy

to justify not withstanding paras 29-30 of the Lo Report, It that the arguments adduced in para

31 of that Report in support of equality with Singapore above

basic salary of $1400p.m

apply equally to the group (c) range of salaries;

paran 31 (e) (ii) + (iv) seem に

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undeed

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