CO129-612-1 Police Department- petition from European memebers of Inspectorate 21-1-1947 - 17-2-1948 — Page 98

Secretary of State/

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If the principles are (1) (2) (3) as set out in

this paragraph, then they conflict with the cause for necessity of the reorganisation. We wish to point out, that in the matter of "economy"

how is it that the Gazetted ranks have been considerably increased,

especially from outside the Colony, also since the inception of the

reorganisation scheme. Why, if the gazetted ranks required to be

increased weren't these Officers selected from the non-gazetted ranks

or from Local recruitment. This would most certainly effect the

economy" required by the Authorities.

Recently, High Officers of State have, by state-

ments made, led us to believe that a levelling up was to be the rule

throughout the Colonial Empire and no less than Mr. G:H.HALL, when

Secretary of State for the Colonies, in his letter of October 1945

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addressed to each of us (copy attached at ), assured us that we

would receive the full and sympathetic consideration which we are due.

These assurances received, we feel should be applied.

We feel that the salary scale for the non-

gazetted ranke has not been readjusted, for, in the normal course

of events we would, with a few possible exceptions, now be drawing

This salaries on a par as set out in para. 9 of the Memorandum.

would only be what we might reasonably have expected to receive.

However, as we are now living in a Post War

world and especially here in HONG KONG where we are assisting to

restore the Civil Establishment which was totally destroyed by the

occupational forces of the enemy, also with the world wide Post War

unsettled state of affairs which will exist for many years to come,

we reasonably expected that the salary scheme would be one more in

keeping with the times and conditions than that now offered us.

It will readily be seen that an Officer of retiring age, 1.e., 45 years of age, who is on the pre-war maximum salary of

Pounds 535, the same as laid down in the proposed salary scheme,

will retire with a pre-war pension to live in a post

war world.