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(c) On the re-establishment of Civil Government officials will not be liable to United Kingdom income tax on their salaries while in Hong Kong but will be subject to local taxation. Prior to 1941 income tax was levied on incomes over £300 per annum but the rates were extremely low in comparison with those in the United Kingdom.
(a)
(e)
The following privileges are granted to officers appointed under this scheme:·
Free quarters, uniform, medical attendance, fuel and lighting.
A temporary non-pensionable separation allowance of £60 p.a. will be made to married men for as long as conditions in Hong Kong do not, in the opinion of the Government, warrant an officer's family joining him in Hong Kong. (Note:- Though in the first instance it will be impossible for families to accompany their husbands to Hong Kong, it is the intention that they should be assisted to follow as soon as conditions permit, in which case they will be eligible for free passages from the United Kingdom to Hong Kong in accordance with the Government regulations.)
(f) The basic salary of candidates on first appointment is £260 p.a.
but service in a recognized police force or in the armed forces (performed when over the age of 26) will be taken into considera- tion as if the same had been serving in the Hong Kong Police Force and an immediate grant of increments will be made on this basis.
(g)
A deduction of 4% will be made from all salaries from the date of appointment as a contribution towards the Widows and Orphans Pension Scheme.
(h) Should it be found necessary to give any general high cost of
living allowance in Hong Kong Police Officers will be eligible with other Government servants.
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Period of Engagement, etc.
(a)
(b)
(c)
Candidates will be engaged for an initial period of five years. On the expiry of their period of agreement they may apply for appointment to the permanent and pensionable establishment. Those officers who are selected will be allowed to count the whole of their previous service under the agreement mentioned above as pensionable service. To those officers who do not elect to re-engage a gratuity will be paid, subject to satisfactory service, of £15 for every three months' service.
On the expiry of his five years' agreement an officer is entitled to a free passage for himself and family in accordance with Government regulations (second class by steamer, and third class by railway in England to London, in Scotland to Edinburgh, or in Ireland to Dublin or Belfast.)
Should an officer be found to be unsatisfactory the Commissioner of Police may at any time terminate the agreement, by giving the officer three months' notice or paying him one month's salary, in which case the officer shall not be entitled to any pay or compensation other than the pay earned up to date when the engage- ment was terminated.
6. Leave
An officer may, on the expiration of his first period of five years' service be granted leave on full pay at the rate of one day's leave for every eight days resident service plus full pay leave for the standard period of the voyage each way, or if he is not returning to duty for the standard period of the vovare to his country of destination only.