CO129-612-1 Police Department- petition from European memebers of Inspectorate 21-1-1947 - 17-2-1948 — Page 107

EXTRACT FROM GENERAL ORDERS OF THE HONG KONG

GOVERNMENT.

FIO

106

Colonial

Regulation.

38.

No. 12.

Except where otherwise provided, seniority

as between persons selected for appointment from outside thé Colony, will be determined by the date

of arrival in the Colony. Where, however, two

or more persons selected from outside the Coloni- al Service arrive on the same date seniority inter se will be determined by the date of the letter from the Colonial Office confirming the selection,

or, in the case of officers engaged on agreement,

by the date of the agreement. Seniority in any

department will be determined by the date of an

officers appointment to the particular class or

grade in which he is serving.