§ Mr. J. Johnsonasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what is the number of police lieutenants that the Singapore Government have recently recruited from the Singapore Harbour Board Police; what are the terms of service offered; and, in particular, what are the conditions of home leave.
§ Mr. J. GriffithsSixty police lieutenants were recruited from members of the Singapore Harbour Board Police on agreement for a period of six months in the first instance from 1st January, 1951, on the following conditions:
Salary—$380 a month.
Allowances:
- (a) Cost of Living Allowance, 50 per cent. of substantive salary, subject to a maximum of $150 a month where the Police Lieutenant is unmarried.
60 - (b) Marriage Allowance $90 per cent. a month.
- (c) Singapore Allowance, 10 per cent. of substantive salary.
- (d) Separation Allowances are also payable.
Gratuity:
One half of one month's substantive salary in respect of each completed period of three months' service.
If retrenched before the completion of the full term of the agreement, a proportion of the gratuity actually earned, plus 50 per cent. of the gratuity for which the police lieutenant would have been eligible had he not been retrenched. The latter payment to be regarded as compensation for loss of expectation of employment.
Accommodation:
,Free partially furnished Government quarters, or housing allowance, in accordance with current Government rates, in I lieu.
Uniform: Free.
Medical and hospital treatment. Free treatment for the police lieutenant and for his wife and children.
Leave:
Casual leave. In accordance with Government general orders, 14 days each calendar year, subject to the exigencies of the service.
Sick Leave:
Full salary and allowances during the first month of absence, and half salary and allowances during the next following two months of absence.
The relevant clauses of the agreement provide as follow:
Vacation leave and passages. The police lieutenant, provided he is not domiciled in Malaya, shall in the event of his agreeing to enter into a further agreement for service as a police officer with the Government on the expiration of the agreement herein become eligible at the expiration of such agreement for full pay vacation leave at the rate of 30 days for each completed six months of resident service, inclusive of voyage each way, and shall be eligible for free passages for himself and his wife and children, if any, on termination. The police lieutenant shall, provided he is not domiciled in Malaya, be eligible for free passages for himself and his wife and children, if any, to his country of domicile on satisfactory termination of this agreement or of any extension thereof, provided that all such passages shall be in accordance with the Government passage regulations in force from time to time.The agreements of those police lieutenants who were retained after 30th June were extended for a period of one month from 1st July, and fresh offers of further employment are now being made to those whom it is desired to retain.