Saving of rights of
Crown. cf.
Colonial Regulations 20 and 21 and H.K. General Orders 1 and 2.
Repeal of Ordinance No. 17 of 1936.
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(3) The salary of the Temporary Gymnastic Instructor shall be wholly exempted from the operation of sections 2 and 3 with respect to the present holder of the office.
7. Nothing in this Ordinance shall be deemed to recognise any rights whatsoever against the Crown or be deemed to imply that the holding of any appointment or the payment of salary constitutes a contract between the Crown and any of its servants or that any public office is held otherwise than during His Majesty's pleasure.
8. The Hong Kong Government Service (Levy on Salaries) Ordinance, 1956, is repealed.
Objects and Reasons.
1. The Hong Kong Government Service (Levy on Salaries) Ordinance, 1936, which imposed a percentage deduction and an exchange conversion deduction on sterling salaries exceeding £240 per annum and a percentage deduction on dollar salaries exceeding $240 per annum, was expressed by section 5 thereof to continue in force until the 31st December, 1936, and no longer, unless otherwise provided by Ordinance.
2. The financial prospects for 1937 appear brighter than those of 1936. The object of this Bill, therefore, is to repeal the 1936 Ordinance and to replace it by one which lightens the burden of sacrifice imposed on Government servants.
3. In the Bill the long title of the repealed Ordinance is extended so as to make express reference to both the percent- age levy and the exchange conversion rate of sterling salaries when paid in the Colony.
4. Except for the necessary substitution of 1937 for 1936 clauses 1 and 2 (1) of the Bill correspond with sections 1 and 2 (1) of the repealed Ordinance.
5. Clause 2 (2) of the Bill corresponds with section 2 (2) of the Ordinance except that sterling percentage deductions are reduced from 21%, 5%, 71%, 10% and 124% for the whole year to 2%, 4%, 6%, 8%, and 10% respectively for the first half of 1937.
6. Clause 2 (3), which is new, provides that the Legis- lature may by resolution continue, reduce or abandon such sterling percentage deductions in respect of the months of July to December, inclusive, or any of them.
7. Clause 2 (4) relating to the calculation of Widows' and Orphans' Pension Contributions corresponds with section 2 (3) of the repealed Ordinance.
8. Clause 2 (5) relates to the exchange conversion rate of salaries paid in the Colony. Under section 2 (4) of the repealed Ordinance the exchange conversion rate for all such
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