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to $930 per mensem, and $280.per mensem on basic
The allowance is salories above 8930 per mensem.
payable while the officer is on leave.
4..
A temporary high cost of living allowance on
For a sliding scale is also payable in the Colony.
a married officer with children on the minimum of the scale, the present rate is 2305 per mensem,
on the maximum $390 pov mensem,
and
Married officers,
without children, receive 803 of the allowance shown
above, whilst single men receive 60%.
For purposes of exchange with sterling, ong
Hong Kong dollar equals 1/3d.
5. You will be required to pass prescribed
examinations in Cantonese and Law, within a reasonable period of your arrival in the Colony, and fallure to
do so may entail the withholding of increments,
6.
Emoluments received in Hong Kong are subjeot
to local taxation.
7.
You will be required to contribute to the Hong Kong Widows' and Orphans' Pension Scheme at the rate of 4 of salary, unless exempt by reason of the fact that you contribute to an approved scheme
elsewhere.
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8. The probationary period is normally three years, but if you have served in the Palestine Police Force for that period or longer, you will be appointed direct to the permanent and pensionable establishment. 9. The rate of pension in Hong Kong is 1/600th of pensionable emoluments on retirement (i,e,final salary plus any other emoluments whith were pensionable for each completed month of service, subject to a
maximum