CO129-629-9 Occupation period pay 1-3-1950 - 31-5-1950 — Page 3

in Singapore, Hony Hory showes restwick the payment of occupation period pay to officers who had sewed with the post- liberationi

civil administrations; this

used in Malaya.

was the basis

55364/4/48-9 the Governor

Aut (29) on

agreed;

Ither inciden

incisen rally

ago

and

was

after a delay of

3 months

only

10 months.

Cut (2) opposite the Grovenor announces

(that he has dended

drop the whole

3

proposal to extend

مكلا

Uso scheme

for paying

The

only change

with

occupation period pay.

in the state of affairs compared

not

that before the Cooverors orignial suggestion seems to be that he now proposes

to make

payments to officers Tho resigned before the appointment of the Palanis Commission (ie. 20.3.47) Whereas before

no payments

were

дам

made to those who

resigned before 26.5.48. I do not know Whether H.K. is just muddling up

dates or whethen I

seems to me that

ain

indulging

иі

runddled thinking; if neither then it

the extension

8

the

original scheme to lover officers resigning period 20.3.47 to 26.5.48

in the

most

of the arguments the Crovernor

disposes of

aganist his

now uses

(14)

Sw

original proposal

53364/A/48-9.

It is also interesting to note arguments in (2) oppositi

in

that the

are very different