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BAGGAGE ALLOWANCES
APPENDIX IV
On first appointment
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When an officer travels wholly by air, he will be eligible for the baggage allowances in full. When an officer travels wholly by sea, he will not be eligible for baggage allowance.
When an officer travels partly by sea and partly by air and the cost of air travel is less than the non-standard air passage allowance, his baggage allowance will be reduced proportionately.
Baggage maybe sent by air or by sea or partly one way and partly the other. The following items are permissible charges within the maximum financial allowance : packing charges, packing materials (including trunks); insurance. The following costs are
not permissible: transport costs of actor vehicles and animals; customs duty; storage charges (other than those incurred as a result of unavoidable transhipment).
An officer should ensure that his unaccompanied baggage is consigned to:
The Director of Government Supplies
Oil Street
North Point
Hong Kong
The officer should instruct his agent to send the Bill of Lading to the above address so as to reach the Director of Government Supplies well in advance of the due date of arrival of the Tessel/flight carrying the baggage. In addition, to safeguard his position the officer is requested to complete the proforma attached at Appendix IV A and send it by registered post so as to reach the Director of Government Supplies at least 72 hours before the arrival of the vessel/air carrier carrying the baggage. Failure to follow this procedure may result in landing and storage charges being incurred unnecessarily in which event the officer will be required to pay them. Baggages arriving by air are subject to customs inspection and, as much, the officer is normally required to be present at the Kai Tak International Airport at the time of the customs inspection and clearance.
Baggage (other than motor vehicles) arriving in Hong Kong by sea/air will be transported free from the ship or warehouse to the Government Supplies Department depot and/or the officer's quarters subject to the contents of para. 5 being complied with. Storage at the Government Supplies Department Depot will be free of charge.
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Reimbursement of expenses may be made on production of receipted bills to the Director of Accounting services in Hong Kong. fully itemised invoices are not submitted the officer will be