(iii)
Government quarters are divided into grades. Officers eligible for quarters are similarly divided into grades according to their salary. By the normal quartering allocation rules an officer is eligible for a quarter of his own grade, one grade higher or one grade lower. Officers of F and G grades may apply for D grade quarters on equal terms with officers of D and E grades. In general an officer without children in the Colony is not eligible for a quarter with three or more bedrooms.
(iv) The rent is charged as a straight 74% of basic salary except in certain
circumstances when an officer is accommodated "out of grade" Rent Platforms to determine eligibility for the grades of quarters are as follows:-
Substantive salary range (including expatriation pay in 3 per month)
$15,500 and above
Rent payable
per month
Appropriate grade
of quarter
AA)
$ 7,701
$14,000
A )
$ 6,140
$ 7,700
B)
% 5,315
$ 6,139
(85,276
A
$6,139)
C)
8 4,217
8 5,314
($4,097
85,275)
CD)
$ 3,542
% 4,216
(83,429
$4,096)
D)
$ 2,707
$ 3,541
($2,611
83,428)
E )
$ 2,377
$ 2,706
($2,292
$2,610)
F)
$1,792
$ 2,376 ($1,754 $2,291)
G)
74% of salary (plus
expatriation pay where applicable)
(v)
The salaries in brackets relate to female officers
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 corresponding 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 or 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 accommodated in a higher category of room than they would normally 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 service charges with the exception of half the 10% room service charge on the 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. Thereafter the hotel subsistence allowance may be granted only when the officer has applied for but it unable to obtain quarters of his appropriate grades
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