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Printed for the use of the Colonial Office. March 1906.
EASTERN
No. 73.
(8639/1906.)
This is revied from time to trine'
RULES AS TO LEAVE, PENSION, &c.,
IN
HONG KONG, THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. AND THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES.
1. Subject to the necessities of the service, leave of absence on half salary may be granted to members of the permanent Government Service after a period of six years' resident service without any special, grounds. It may be given before the expiration of that period in cases of serious indisposition, or of urgent private affairs. In the absence of special grounds, the leave in such case must not exceed one-sixth of the officer's resident service; on special grounds it may exceed that period by six months. In addition to the above, vacation leave on full pay may be granted, if no inconvenience or expense is caused thereby, not exceeding three months in any two years.
2. The present rule as to superannuation is that in the case of ill health an officer holding a pensionable appointment may be allowed to retire on a pension after ten full years' resident service; otherwise he must have attained the For ten full years' resident service fifteen-sixtieths of the average annual salary of 55. age
of the retiring officer's fixed appointments for three years prior to retirement may be awarded, to which one-sixtieth may be added for each additional year's service; but no addition will be made in respect of any service beyond 35 years. For pension purposes absence on vacation leave counts as full service, and lesve on half pay as half service.
3. A deduction of 4 per cent. is made from the salaries of all members of the permanent Government Service, as a contribution to one or other of the Widows and Orphans' Pension Funds of the two Colonies or of the Federated Malay States.
4. The currencies of Hong Kong, the Straits Settlements, and the Federated Malay States are silver dollar currencies. For purposes of payments in Hong Kong, salaries fixed in sterling are converted into dollars at a rate fixed by the Government, and based upon the average exchange value of the dollar during the month ending on the fifteenth of the month for which salary is to be paid. In the Straits Settlements and the Federated Malay States salaries are converted at a fixed rate of 28. 4d, to the dollar.
COLONIAL OFFICE,
March 1906.
NOTE.-Further information can be obtained on personal application at the Eastern
Department of the Colonial Office.
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