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In view of the facts contained in the article
appearing in the South China Morning Post and Telegraph dated the
8th. October 1945 which refers to questions raised in the House of
Commons and to enquiries instituted by His Excellency the Governor,
Sir Mark Young, the following paragraph is quoted :-
"In addition, each man acknowledged on a form, that he
was given no assurance that he would ultimately be
placed on the permanent and pensionable establishment
of the Hong Kong Government".
As these Officers are not on the permanent and
pensionable establishment, they should not appear on the same
seniority list as the permanent and pensionable Officers.
We would also draw attention to the HONG KONG
Government General Odder No. 12 (Colonial Regulations).
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We feel that the plans prepared prior to the re-
occupation by which it was deemed that very few, if any, of the
Pre-War Officers would be able to resume duty, Police Officers were
recruited for HONG KONG.
number of Pre-War Officers have been found to be fit enough to resume
duty, those Officers recruited have been placed on the Seniority Roll
higher than and at the expense of the Pre-War permanent and
experienced Officers.
As it has been proved that the greater
This we feel is contrary to Mr. Secretary HALL'S
letter and most certainly does not bear out the assurances given by
him or the assurances mentioned in para. V1ll of the HONG KONG Police
now F9 (a) General Orders, dated the 9th. November 1945 (copy attached at 11).
Paragraph 11 is rather ironical in as much that under
the reorganisation scheme greater demands than formerly are to be
placed on the European (non-gazetted members of the force.
A very high standard of conduct and efficiency will be demanded by
the Government. In considering the final part of para. 11 we
are exhorted to bear in mind the factors previously enumerated.
We would like to point out that in a letter
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