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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 26, 1933.
Appoint- ment and promotion of officers and staff.
Compulsory retirement of officers.
5. (1) Recommendations for the appointment and promotion of all officers of units will be submitted by the Commandant to the Governor through the General Officer Commanding the Troops.
(2) Every officer upon his first appointment in the corps to any rank, and every officer before promotion to any higher rank, shall pass the examination prescribed for that rank: Provided that the General Officer Commanding the Troops may excmpt any officer from com- pliance with this paragraph either wholly or in part, and may extend the time for passing such examination, but if any officer fails to comply with the conditions of any such exemption or extension he shall revert to his former rank.
(3) The nature of the examination in each case shall be as may be prescribed by the General Officer Commanding the Troops.
(4) The examining board shall be appointed by the General Officer Commanding the Troops.
(5) An officer whose turn for promotion arrives may be superseded if he has not passed the prescribed examination.
(6) Supernumerary officers may be appointed in any unit, but any such officers shall be absorbed into the establishment as soon as vacancies occur therein.
(7) All appointments and promotions of members of the staff and of officers shall be notified in the Gazette and shall take effect from the date of such Gazette or from such other date as may be specified in the notification.
(8) The appointment and promotion of all members of the staff and officers are vested in the Governor.
6. The ages at which officers of the corps shall be compulsorily retired shall be in accordance with the following table :-
Colonels
Lieutenant Colonels Majors
Captains and subalterns Quartermasters
Years.
57
55
50
45
55
Appoint- ment and promotion
of non- commission-
ed officers.
Training.
First Appendix.
Allowances,
etc., in
respect of
courses.
unless an extension is granted by the Governor on the recommendation of the General Officer Commanding the Troops. Such extensions will not be granted for more than two years at a time, nor beyond a further period of five years.
7. (1) The appointment and promotion of all non-commissioned officers of units are vested in the Commandant.
(2) Recommendations for the appointment and promotion of all non-commissioned officers of units will be submitted by the com- manding officers of such units to the Commandant.
(3) Promotion will be subject to the passing of such an examina- tion as may be prescribed or approved by the General Officer Com- manding the Troops.
Training.
8. The training to be carried out will be as prescribed in the First Appendix.
Courses.
9.-(1) Subject to paragraph (3) of this regulation, an officer whose attendance for a course of training or instruction, in the United Kingdom, with some unit or at a school of instruction, has been approved by the General Officer Commanding the Troops, will be allowed twenty shillings for each day of such attendance, together with necessary travelling expenses, in the United Kingdom, to commence the course and to return thereafter.
(2) In like circumstances a warrant officer or non-commissioned officer will be allowed ten shillings a day, together with necessary travelling expenses as mentioned in the foregoing paragraph.
(3) The allowances mentioned in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this regulation will normally be limited to fifteen days attendance at a No allowance whatever will be paid in respect of attendance
course: