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This rent is charged while the officer is living in a non-departmental quarter, a private tenancy or hotel accommodation. Female officers pay rent according to the salary bracket listed above, but their appropriate grade of quarters is that appropriate to the corres- ponding point on the male officer's salary scale. Upon arrival in the Colony on first appointment or return from leave an officer and his family may be accommodated in a hotel or alternative temporary accommodation until he obtains a quarter of a private tenancy. Government pays for the accommodation in an hotel within certain limits. The limits applicable to an individual officer depend upon his salary and the size and nature of his family. Every effort is made to ensure that newly-appointed officers are accommodated in hotels within their appropriate limits but if an officer and his family have to be accommod- ated in a higher category of room that they would norm- ally be entitled to because of shortage of hotel rooms or some other unforeseen circumstances, the officer will not be asked to pay the difference in cost. Government charges the officer the same rent as would be charged for a Government quarter of the officer's salary grade. Charges other than for accommodation are payable by the officer. The officer pays all hotel vi service charges with the exception of half the 10% room rent which is paid by Government. In order to assist officers to meet hotel expenses, officers on arrival in Hong Kong may be granted hotel subsistence allowance at $18 a day for each eligible member of his family and $7.50 a day for each child of the age of three or under for the first calendar month. There- after the hotel subsistence allowance may be granted only when the officer has applied for but is unable to obtain quarters of his appropriate grades. (vi) block of gervive flats on Hong Kong Island ang
another in Kowloon provide for single men and women who prefer this type of accommodation oro are waiting for a quarter. Married couples may upply if they wish. Normally single officers with a substantive salary below $6,140 p.m. are accommodated in a service flat instead of in an hotel en first appointment or return from leave, unless there are no service flats available. The flats are 2-roomed self-contained furnished apartments with their own bathroom and limited cooking facilities. A communal lounge and dining room are also provided for residents who do not wish to cook their own meals. Officers in service flate pay, in addition to rent, a charge for service SE NG11 is the cost of slectricity and water consumed. (vii) Quarters and private tenancies are cquipped with heavy
furniture including a cooker, refrigerator, portable fan and electric heater. Rent of quarters includes hiring charges for these items. An officer must supply his own curtains, carpets, linen, chair covers, crockery, cutlery, etc., and must pay for electricity, gas and water. Air conditioners are not supplied but many officers decide to air condition bedrooms at
their own expense.
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Occupants of Government quarters
do not pay rates. For officers who move into temporary *Officers in the superscale are entitled to an air-conditioning6/...
-llowance, details of which may be had from the Hong Kong Government Office
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