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a
Leave earning rate:
42 days a year or proportionate part thereof.
59 days
(Notes:
proportionate part thereof.
(1) An officer reaching the age of 40 (or 35 as the case may be) in the course of a tour will be granted leave at the higher rate with effect from his relevant birthday.
(2) "Length of tour" is the period which the officer must
normally serve before being eligible to take vacation leave, calculated from the date of assumption of duty in Hong Kong on first appointment, or from the date of return from last leave.
(3) No travelling time is allowed, except for the period of the
direct unbroken air journey on first appointment, i.e. vacation leave commences on the date of the officer's departure from Hong Kong and he must return to duty not later than the day following the date on which his leave expires (but see Part II of this Section below re advance of casual leave on first appointment and retention of leave for officers
on subsequent tours).)
11.
II: Casual Leave
(i)
(ii)
(Note:
Casual leave may be granted (subject to the exigencies of the service) at the rate of 12 days for each completed 12 months of resident service. The maximum amount which may be accumulated or taken at any one time is 30 days. Not more than 12 days casual leave may be taken within the last six months of a tour. Any casual leave which remains untaken at the end of a tour lapses, except that officers may carry forward two days casual leave from their previous tour to be taken immediately on return from leave.
An advance of two days casual leave is made immediately on arrival by air on first appointment.
Teaching staff, heads of schools, and any others who enjoy school holidays are not eligible for casual leave.)
III: Sick Leave
An officer with less than four years service is eligible for the grant of sick leave up to a total of 3 months on full pay and 3 months on half pay only. Sick leave up to a total of 6 months on full pay and 6 months on half pay in any period of 4 years may be granted to an officer who has completed 4 years service.
PASSAGES
(i) In this Memorandum
(a) "passage means a standard direct economy class air passage, normally by
British Overseas Airways Corporation (1st Class, if on a salary of 814000 p.m. and above);
(b)
subject to (c) below, "family" when used in relation to passages means the officer's wife, sons under the age of 19 years (21 years in the case of Section 11 (v)) and unmarried daughters under the age of 21 years.
If in the course of an officer's tour a son attains
the age of 19 or an unmarried daughter the age of 21, Government will pay only that proportion of his or her passage allowance which had been
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