From Hong Kong

Correspondence from Butterfield & Swire offices in Hong Kong to John Swire and Sons London office concerning staff. Includes documents concerning; salaries; staff recruitment; terms of employment; Chinese language study; individual staff reports; Cathay Pacific Airways; staff health; call for a...

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

Order number: FILE CLOSED JSS Box 2918
Summary: Correspondence from Butterfield & Swire offices in Hong Kong to John Swire and Sons London office concerning staff. Includes documents concerning; salaries; staff recruitment; terms of employment; Chinese language study; individual staff reports; Cathay Pacific Airways; staff health; call for a "limited evacuation" of mothers and children from Shanghai to Hong Kong; plans for accommdation of Shanghai evacuees in Hong Kong; opening an office in Formosa (Taiwan); emergency plans for deployment of Shanghai staff; home leave; Japanese language study and examinations; report on visit to Japan office; club membership; updates on Chungking (Chongqing) and Tientsin (Tianjin); statement in parliament on war losses and compensation; plans for a Control Office in Singapore; Shanghai blockade; staffing for PAMAS (Pacific Air Maintenance Services); report of a defalcation by a member of staff. See JSSII 7/4/60/3 for name and subject index for letters from Hong Kong and Shanghai offices.
Previous numbers: Staff Letters No. 51
Extent: 1 folder
Access status: Closed
Closed until: 01/01/2030
Access conditions: File closed under Data Protection Act until 1st January 2030
Copyright: Copyright is owned by John Swire & Sons, Ltd, 59 Buckingham Gate, London, SW1E 6AJ
User restrictions: Copying for personal research purposes is permitted. Please contact the archivist for all publication requests.
Format: Archive