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GENERAL ORDERS
of the
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT
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109. Rent allowance. (1) Rent allowance, when no fixed allowance is provided, shall be a surn equal to the rent paid by an officer for a privately owned tenement or for lodgings, or if that rent is greater than the maximum rent for the time being prescribed for him in this Order, a sum equal to such maximum rent, less, in either case, the sum, if any, which he would pay as rent for quarters if he occupied quarters.
(2) Every European officer on a sterling salary who is not living in quarters and to whom no quarters are allotted may draw a rent allowance which, unless he is entitled to free quarters, shall not exceed 10 per cent. of his salary if he has dependants or 5 per cent. if he has none .
For the purpose of assessing rent allowance the following maximum rents are prescribed
Salary
Officers who occupy tenements and
(1) share them with other officers;
or
(11) are entitled to
free quarters;
or
(11) hold senior
superscale posts; or
(Iv) have 20 years'
service; or
(v) have dependants
Other officers
with depend- ants.
without depend-
ants.
Over £1,400
$250
$200
$100
n £1,100 but not over
£1,400
$200
$160
$80
## £700 but not over
£1,100
$175
$140
$70
£700 or less
$150
$120
$60