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(a) who on the first occasion of his
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(c)
engagclient 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 oversCOR country; and
who has his principal family and social tics and general background in an overseas country; and
whose engagement as aforesaid ropresonts a material degree of dislocation or severance from such overseas country, and his work and ties therein.
Provided that nothing contained above shall preclude an officer boing doomed to be an oxpatriate officer by reason only of his having before his first appointment to the service of the Hong Kong Goverment been habitually resident for the purpose of his calling or profession in a country other than an overcons country if before the commencement of such residence he fulfilled the requiremento set out above.
Provided further that the following categories of officers shall be deemed to be expatriato officurs:-
(a) Ilian officers of the Hong Kong Police
Force and the Prisons Department recruited from India;
(b) Chinese members of the Hong Kong Police
constituting the Shantung Contingent.
If any question arises 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 samo shall be decided by the Governor-in-Council whose decision shall be final.
Detailed recommendations regarding expatriation pay.
43.
We recommend that expatriation pay should be granted to expatriate officers in addition to basic pay at the ratus set out in Appendix VI. We 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. Mc do not, however, recommend that expatriation pay should be taken into account when percentage deductions are made for the rent of Government quartors, since if such deductions were mado from patriavion pay, an oversoas officer on the same basic sal:ry as a local officor and of the same seniority bould, if both officers