TERMS OF REFERENCE.
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1.
To examine the rates of Cost of Living Allowance payable
at present under Secretariat Administrative Circular No. 8 on the
new salaries introduced by the Salaries Commission, 1947, and to
advise Government as to their suitability as base rates on which
variations would be effected as a result of quarterly reviews.
2.
To recommend new base rates, if the present rates are
found to be unsuitable, having regard to :
3.
(a) The report of the joint committee on Cost of Living
Allowances for the Federation of Malaya and the
Colony of Singapore dated 14th April, 1948, and
(b) The present rates of remuneration paid by firms,
both European and Chinese, in Hong Kong.
To advise what amount of variation in the Retail Price
Index should occur before changes are made in the rates of Cost of
Living Allowance and what changes should be made in the rates of
Cost of Living Allowance as a consequence of variations in the
Retail Price Index.
4.
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To advise what, if any, changes should be made in the
rates of Cost of Living Allowance on 1.10.48 or such earlier date
as may be found to be appropriate.
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