CO129-612-2 Police Department- petition from European memebers of Inspectorate 29-1-1948 - 22-7-1949 — Page 29

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Mr.

Mr.

Mr.

Permt. U.S. of S.

Parly. U.S. S.

Minister of State

DRAFT. SAVINGRAM.

GOVERNOR,

:ONG KONG.

Secretary of State

Your Reference...

Reference your staff despatch

No. 88 of the 25th November, 1948,

enclosing a petition to His Majesty the

King from the European Inspectors

Association of the Hong Kong Police, I am.

generally concerned as to whether the

emoluments received by those officers

are in fact sufficient to enable them to

maintain a standard of living to which

they have been accustomed, or might

reasonably expect judged by present-day

standards. The revised scales, inclusive

of expatriation pay and cost of living

allowances, are as follows:-

For the single officer, minimum

£596

For the married

officer,

maximum

cer, minimum maximum

£980

£653

£1,067

Married officer with

children, minimum £710

maximum £1,151.

FURTHER ACTION.

Allowing for the fact that the average officer would have received several increments before getting married, it may perhaps be assumed that his pay would not be less than £750 per annum. Even so it seems to me that with the present high cost of living in Hong Kong he would have

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