CO129-624-3 Public Services Commission- formation 1-1-1950 - 31-12-1950 — Page 23

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SAVINGRAM

To the Secretary of State for the Colonies.

O.A.G.

From the Governor, Hong Kong.

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Date 22

August 1950.....

No.

565

STAFF

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Your confidential telegram No.807 of 24th May, 1950. Public Services Commission.

I have appointed Mr. T. Megarry to be Chairman of the Commission with effect from 3rd August, 1950, and the Hon. Sir Man Kam Lo, Kt., C.B.E., and Mr. J.R. Jones, M.C., to be members for a period of two years with effect from the same date. The inaugural meeting of the Commission was held on 17th August, 1950.

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Approval for Mr. Megarry's appointment as Special Adviser and Chairman Designate was given in your confidential telegram No.441 of 2nd April 1949. Mr. Megarry has asked for personal reasons to be allowed to resign his appointment in March 1951 and I have agreed to

I shall address you in due course regarding the appointment of a successor.

not available) release him then.

3.

Sir Man Kam Lo is, as you aware, a member of Executive Council and served on the salaries Commission. He was a member of the Conditions of Service Committee, which was set up as an interim body to advise on problems arising out of the Salaries Commission's recommenda- tions. This Committee has been discontinued now that the Public Services Commission has been established. Mr. J.R. Jones is Legal Adviser to the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation and was a member of the Salaries Commission.

PCMS/aw

H. K. & PANNE

30 AUG 1951

M.

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