CO129-603-1 Education Department- revised grant code 5-2-1947 - 14-4-1948 — Page 43

53923/47

Dear Serpell,

Colonial Office,

Downing Street,

S.w.1.

6th August, 1947.

Ans'd. (14)

Revision of the Hong Kong Grant Code

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Last year Miss Ruston had correspondence with James about a revision in the 1941 School Grant and Subsidy Code in Hong Kong. That correspondence rested with James' letter No.9.53892/01 of the 26th August, 1946, which approved expenditure of £7,000 per annum for the purpose of enabling the salaries of trained Anglo-Chinese Masters and Mistresses to be increased so as to bring them on to the same scale as that approved for Masters and Mistresses of similar status and qualifications in Government schools.

2. Subsequently, in October of last year,

Sir Mark Young informed us in a despatch that he had provisionally approved certain amendments to the 1941 Grant Code, details of which are given in the two enclosures to this letter. Those amendments involving an increase in expenditure are (a) Heads of schools shall be entitled to a Charge Allowance in addition to salary, and (b) teachers whose permanent domicile is outside the Far East shall receive an Overseas Allowance at the rate of £100 per annum for men and £70 for women.

3. As regards (a) the charge allowance proposed in the revised Code for Heads of schools is at the rate of $150 per month for schools of less than 800 pupils, and $200 per month for the remainder (£11210s and £150 per year respectively).

ESQ., 0.B.E.

D.R. SERPELL, ESQ.

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