To China

Correspondence from John Swire and Sons London office to Butterfield & Swire offices in Hong Kong and Shanghai concerning staff, including; staff recruitment; staff movements; allowances; salaries; staff leave; terms of employment; Chinese language study; home leave arrangements; Cathay Pacific...

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Order number: FILE CLOSED JSS Box 2918
Date(s) of creation: 1949
Level: File
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id JSS.2.7.4.60.01
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with FILE CLOSED JSS Box 2918
callnumber JSS/2/7/4/60/01
callnumber_txt JSS/2/7/4/60/01
callnumber-sort JSS/2/7/4/60/01
scb_alt_ref_no JSSII 7/4/60/1
prefix_number 01
scb_previous_numbers Staff Letters No. 51
title To China
scb_date_creation 1949
scb_level File
level_sort 7/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File
scb_extent 1 folder
format Archive
description Correspondence from John Swire and Sons London office to Butterfield & Swire offices in Hong Kong and Shanghai concerning staff, including; staff recruitment; staff movements; allowances; salaries; staff leave; terms of employment; Chinese language study; home leave arrangements; Cathay Pacific Airways; opening a new office in Taipeh (Taipei), Formosa (Taiwan); high cost of living allowance on leave; Shanghai Blockade in Summer 1949; war damage compensation "Private Chattels Scheme"; response to the "cost of living indices" submitted by the Hong Kong office and an argument for lowering the standard of living through comparison with British standards and rationing at the time. Includes subject and name index.
scb_access_status Closed
scb_closed_until 01/01/2030
scb_conditions_gov_access File closed under Data Protection Act until 1st January 2030
scb_copyright Copyright is owned by John Swire & Sons, Ltd, 59 Buckingham Gate, London, SW1E 6AJ
scb_use_restrictions Copying for personal research purposes is permitted. Please contact the archivist for all publication requests.
hierarchy_top_id_raw JSS
hierarchy_sequence JSS.002.007.004.0060.0001