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Wednesday, May 24, 1972

AUXILIARY DEFENCE FORCES PAY BEING EXAMINED

Equal Pay For Women Under Consideration

The question of the levels of pay and allowances in the Auxiliary

Police and other Defence Forces generally had been the subject of examination

in recent weeks.

The Colonial Secretary, the Hon. Sir Hugh Norman-Walker said

this today in the Legislative Council in reply to the Hon. P.C. Woo.

Mr. Woo had asked: "Will Government introduce equal pay for

women in the auxiliary and essential services?"

Sir Hugh added it was hoped in the near future to put recommendation

first to the Executive Council and then to the Finance Committee of the

Legislative Council.

The position of women members of those Forces in the pay

structure was one of the matters which had been under consideration in

that context and the general proposals would include recommendations

on that aspect, he said.

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