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who on the first occasion of his ongago.icnt as aforesaid, was habitually resident in or had his sole or principal place of residence in and was not resident for temporary purposes only in an overscas country; and
(b) who has his principal family and social
tics and general background in an overseas country; and
(c)
whose engagement as aforesaid represents a material degree of dislocation or severance from such overseas country, and his work and tics therein.
Provided that nothing contained above shall preclude an officer being toomed to be an expatriate officer by reason only of his having before his first appointment to the service of the Hong Kong Government boon habitually residout for the purpose of his calling or profession in a country other than an oversons country if before the comiencoment of such residence he fulfilled the requirements set out above.
Provided further that the zollowing categorics of officers shall be deemed to be expatriato officers:-
(a) Indian officers of the Hong Kong Pulice
Force and the Prisons Department recruited from India;
(b) Chinese members of the Hong Kong Police
constituting the Shantung Contingent.
If any question arisos as to whether any officer is an expatriate officer and entitled to expatriation pay under these rules, or as to the amount of such pay, the same shell be decided by the Governor-in-Council whoso decision shall be final.
Detailed recommendations regarding expatriation pay.
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We recommend that expatriation pay should be granted to expatriato officers in addition to basic pay at the rates set out in Appendix VI. Wo have not recommended a fixed percentage of basic salary as expatriation pay since this would result in irregular sums in certain instances, but have suggested for accounting convenience a series of platforms. We recommend that expatriation pay should be pensionable and that it should be payable both while an officer is resident in the Colony and while he is on leave. We do not, however, recommend that oxpatriation pay should be taken into account when porcentage deductions are made for the rent of Government quarters, since it such deductions were made from oxpatriation pay, an oversoas officer on the same basic sal ry as a local officer and of the scum scniority would, ir both officorn