CO129-612-5 Administrative Service- proposal to increase establishment 10-1-1945 - 11-2-1949 — Page 15

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From the Secretary of State for the Colonies.

To the Officer Administering the Government of

Date

11

February, 1949.

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HONG KONG

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Your Staff despatch No.107 of 3rd September 1947.

Establishment of Administrative

Officers.

1. I have further considered your despatch under reference in the light of subsequent semi-official correspondence ending with

MacDougall's letter of the 8th June 1948 to Sidebotham.

2.

I agree that the leave reserve requires to be recalculated and that the basis of calculation set out in enclosure 1 to your despatch is suitable for this purpose. (In my telegram No.151 of 4th February, 1949, I have approved a revised establishment of gazetted officers in the Police Force calculated on this basis).

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I note that in proposing this revised establishment of gazetted officers in the Police Force you observed that the policy of appointment of local officers to gazetted rank, as soon as they have acquired the necessary

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