Sir Henry went into the privileges which civil servants enjoy, enumerate ing them impressively: ' "Pensions, passages for themselves and families, housing or rent allowance, privileged rates for medical attendance, continulty of employment, safety of employment and protection against arbitrary. dismissal."
Moreover, he pointed out that, as a result of' the depression, business houses had been forced fo reduce salaries in the Colony, that other colonies had cut their servants' pay to meet bad times, but that in Hongkong the civil servants enjoyed the same high level of income they had before the trade slump in this port, We have no doubt," he concluded, hat" the residents will continue to face the present dificult situation with resolute courage, but we most Strongly. deprecate" their being! saddled with additional taxation."
Finally, he declared that a low-value dollar would solve Hongkong's nanelal problem and. bring back trade and. tourists—Reuter.
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