CO129-612-3 Police Department- petition from European memebers of Inspectorate 20-7-1949 - 20-1-1950 — Page 42

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The matter was therefore ready for

submission to His Majesty towards the end of

August; but, as the Secretary of State's Police

Adviser was at that time touring a number of

Colonies, including Hong Kong, and was due to

return to the Colonial Office towards the e nd

of September, it was decided to defer submission

for a little longer until the Police Adviser could

have a final look at the petition in the light

of his own enquiries in Hong Kong. The Police

Adviser has now informed the Secretary of State

that he met representatives of the Inspectors

Association in Hong Kong and discussed with them

matters raised in the petition. He considers

that their substantial grievance will be met

by the proposed legislation in connection with

pensionable service, and recommends that no

other action on the petition is called for.

As regards the substance of the

petition, as summarised in the three points set

out in the second paragraph of the accompanying

official letter, the answers are briefly as

follows:-

(1) The revised scales of basic pay were

recommended by a Salaries Commission after

careful consideration of all the factors

involved. The adequacy of the scales, in the

general context of the salaries paid to other

Government servants, is not seriously challenged

by the arguments put forward by the petitioners;

and, in view of the increased cost of living

allowances to which I have referred above, the

Governor is satisfied regarding the adequacy of

their total emoluments, even in the case of Police

Inspectors