Enclosure No. 2.
Extract from the General Orders of the Hong Kong Government.
B.- European Officers.
(ii.) Vacation Leave.
133.-(1.) An officer is eligible for the grant of vacation
leave at the rate of one eighth of his resident service
during his current tour of service, that is, the period from
first arrival in the Colony or from return from long leave
to the date of next proceeding on long leave. Vacation
leave in the Colony for periods not exceed ing one month in any one year may be granted by the Head of a Department to his subordinates. Application for further vacation leave
must be referred to Government for approval. Such leave
must be reported in monthly returns in accordance with
General Order No.175.
(2.) Periods spent on vacation leave shall not count as
resident service under paragraph (1).
(3.) An officer proceeding home on long leave or on retirement may be granted such vacation leave as he would be eligible for in respect of his current tour calculated at: the above rate after deducting any vacation leave already granted during that tour; provided that he may not in any case be granted more than five months vacation leave; and provided also that the above maximum of five months will be reduced by the equivalent of any vacation leave taken by an officer, unless on medical grounds, during the last twelve
months of his tour.
(4.) Educational officers are not ordinarily entitled to vacation leave except during the school vacations. They may however be granted vacation leave, up to a maximum period of five months, when proceeding home on long leave or on
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