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Establishment of the Regiment.
Appointment and promotion of officers and staff.
Retirement,
Hong Kong Defence Force.
13. The establishment of the Regiment shall be determined from time to time by the Governor as circumstances may require.
14. (1) Recommendations for the appointment and promotion of all officers to substantive, temporary or acting ranks shall in the first instance be submitted by the Commanding Officer to the Commandant, who shall then submit the recommendations to the Governor through the Service Commander.
(2) Appointments and promotions of officers shall be vested in the Governor and shall be notified in the Gazette, and shall be effective from the date of such Gazette or from such other date as may be specified.
(3) Officers shall be promoted to vacancies in the establishment. Promotion shall be by selection based on merit and seniority.
15. (1) The ages at which officers shall normally be retired are as follows-
(a) Colonels 60 years.
(b) Lieutenant-Colonels 50
(c) Majors 45
(d) Captains 40
(e) Subalterns "1 40
(f) Quartermaster 55
(2) An officer retiring after ten years' commissioned service may, on the recommendation of the Service Commander, be granted-
(a) an honorary rank equivalent to his substantive rank; and
(b) the privilege of wearing the uniform of his rank within the British Empire on State and other occasions of ceremony only.
(3) An officer who is permitted to resign his commission or who is permitted to retire shall not be released from his military obligations, until the date of retirement or resignation is notified in the Gazette.
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