CO129-445 - Public Offices - 1917 — Page 72

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CONDITIONS OF SERVICE IN THE

HONG KONG POLICE FORCE.

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I. No married man will be enlisted, and no married quarters will be provided until an officer reaches the rank of Sergeant. On attaining the rank of Sergeant, officers whether married or unmarried will be required to contribute 4 per cent. of their salaries to the Widows' and Orphans' Pension Fund.

II. The pay is £100 rising by biennial increment of £10 to £120 per annum.

Note. For purposes of local payment 80% of this salary is converted into dollars at the rate of 1/9 to the dollar and the remainder at the average Hong Kong demand rate from the 15th of the preceding month to the 15th of the month in respect of which the salary is paid. In fixing the rate no fraction less than a farthing is calculated. These rates are open to revision.

III-A bounty of £15 is paid on enlistment.

IV.-Full pay will be drawn from the date of embarkation.

V.-An officer is allowed to remit home, through the Government, any sum not exceeding half his

pay at the market of exchange.

VI-An officer's engagement is for a period of five years, at the expiry of which he is entitled to a return passage, second class by steamer and third class by railway, to his home.

VII-With the permission of the Government an officer may be re-engaged for a second period of five years, in which event he is entitled, at the end of the first period of five years, to nine months' leave of absence on half pay and to a return passage to the Colony.

VIII.—At the end of the second period of five years, and at the end of any subsequent periods for which an officer may be engaged, he is entitled to nine months' leave of absence, with full pay for the first six mouths and half pay for the remaining three months, and he is also entitled to a return passage to the Colony.

IX. Should an officer elect not to take leave but to remain in the Colony at the expiration of a term of five years' service, he will receive a sum equal to three months' pay of his substantive rank by way of bonus.

X. Should an officer be allowed to continue in the Force on the completion of his second term of service, he may, on his final retirement, be allowed a pension according to regulations from time to time issued by the Colonial Government with the approval of the Secretary of State. No pension will be granted for less than fifteen years' service, nor until the officer has reached the age of 45 years, except in case of retirement on the ground of ill-health.

XI. Should an officer be compelled to retire through ill-health before ten years, a gratuity of one month's pay for each year's service may be granted.

XII-On joining the service an officer is required to provide himself with a uniform box, the cost of which is $5.