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CONDITIONS OF SERVICE IN THE HONG KONG POLICE FORCE.
I. No murried man will be enlisted, and no married quarters will be provided until an officer reaches the rank of Police Sergeant or attains the age of 30. A deduction of 4 per cent. will be made from the salaries of all European Police from the date on which they join the Force as a contribution towards the Widows and Orphans' Pension Scheme.
II. Under present arrangements, which may, however, be varied from time to time, sterling salaries are converted into dollars at the rates approved by the Government for the permanent and pensionable staff and no claim can be entertained in respect of any fluctuation in the value of the dollar.
III-A bounty of £25 is paid on enlistment in England.
IV. Half pay will be drawn from the date of embarkation and full pay from the date of arrival in the Colony.
V.-(i) An officer's engagement is for a period of five years, at the expiry of which he is entitled to a passage, second class by steamer and third class by railway, in England to London, Scotland to Edinburgh, Ireland to Dublin or Belfast, and if his services have been satisfactory to half pay during the voyage.
(ü) Such period of engagement may include a probationary period, which shall not exceed six months, and should the person thus engaged be found during his probationary period to be unsatisfactory the Inspector General of Police may at any time during the probationary period terminate the engagement.
(iii) No person whose period of engagement is terminated under sub-paragraph (ii) shall be entitled to any pay or compensation other than the pay earned up to the time when the engagement was terminated. VI.--(i) An officer whom it is proposed to retain in the service 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. Thereafter until the officer has attained the age of 45 and completed twenty years' service in the Force, the accumulation will be at the rate of one day's leave for every seven days' resident service and leave at this rate will normally be granted on the completion of four years' resident service subsequent to the leave then last taken but not in excess of eight months at one time. After the officer has attained the age of 45 and completed twenty years' service in the Force, accumulation will be at the rate of two days' leave for every eleven days' resident service and leave at this rate will normally be granted after periods of three years' resident service subsequent to the leave then last taken and shall apply to the case of an officer who is about to retire on pension. Except with the special consent of the Governor no officer may be granted leave extending beyond his 55th birthday.
(ii) An officer proceeding on leave in accordance with the preceding rule may in addition to leave earned at the foregoing scales, be granted 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 voyage to his country of destination only.
VII. An officer whom it is not proposed to retain in the service may be granted leave on half pay for the period of the standard voyage to his country of origin, and thereafter leave on full pay up to a maximum
of three months as may be determined by the Inspector General of Police.
VIIL-(i) Pensions are granted if an officer retires from the Police Force :-
(a) On or after attaining the age of 45 years and completing fifteen years' service; or
(b) On a certificate from three Government Medical Officers that he is incapable by reason of some
infirmity of body or mind of performing the duties of his office; or
(e) On abolition of office.
(ii) Pensions are granted at the rate of ths of salary for the first ten years' service with an addition of th for each complete month of service in excess of ten years with a further addition of th in respect of each complete month of service beyond twenty years until the maximum pension of two-thirds of salary
is reached.
(iii) An officer who is retired on medical grounds and who has not completed ten years' service may be granted a gratuity in accordance with Police Pensions Regulations.
(iv) An officer to whom a pension is granted may elect to draw a reduced pension of three-quarters of such pension together with a cash gratuity equal to ten times one-quarter of such pension.
This option must be exercised by the officer within one month of his attaining pensionable status (ie., ten years' service).
(v) If an officer who has married in accordance with Condition No. 1 is killed in the discharge of his duty, his widow and orphans may be awarded a pension not exceeding 19ths of the officer's salary. This maximum may be exceeded in exceptional cases. A special pension may also be awarded on retirement to any officer who is permanently injured in the discharge of his duty. If an unmarried officer is killed in the discharge of his duty, his legal personal representative may be granted a gratuity not exceeding one year's pensionable salary of the deceased officer.
(vi) If an officer dies from natural causes whilst serving in the Police Force and before the date of his death has completed five years' service, the Governor in Council may grant to his legal personal representative a gratuity not exceeding one year's pensionable salary of the deceased officer.
(vi) All pensions shall, subject to the discretion of the Governor, be payable in London.
IX. The hours of duty are such as the Inspector General of Police may direct. They vary, but in the majority of cases do not exceed 8 hours in the 24.
X.-An officer joins the Force with the rank of Constable and is attached to the Police Training School. The course of instruction lasts twelve months-seven months at the Training School, and five months at a Divisional Station. On passing his examination at the completion of his course of instruction he is promoted to the rank of Lance Sergeant, subject to the approval of the Inspector General of Police.
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XI. An officer is required to become efficient in drill. After passing out of the Police Training School, he will attend such routine parades as may be directed. The study of Chinese is compulsory for all European Officers and no officer will be promoted to the rank of Sergeant who has not passed the qualifying examination (First Certificate). An officer selected for promotion to the rank of Sub-Inspector who has not obtained a Second Certificate in Chinese will be required to take Chinese to the standard of the Second Certificate as a compulsory subject in the examination for promotion to that rank. (With the permission of the Inspector General of Police, Hindustani may be substituted for Chinese.)
XII. Officers in charge of stations may be required to perform, in addition to their police duties, duties for other Departments without extra remuneration.
XIII-Officers are provided with free quarters, fuel and light (the consumption of which is regulated according to Departmental Orders).
XIV. The following are provided free :-
Beds and bedding, summer and winter uniform, great coats, and boots or money ($24 per annum)
in lieu of boots.
XV. Men engaged on the Detective Staff receive an allowance of $12 per month in lieu of uniforin. XVI.—An officer on joining is provided with table linen, cutlery, glass, crockery ware, and cooking utensils for the sum of $5.
XVII. Special rules, approved by the Governor in Council, govern sick leave, medical attendance and hospital charges. An officer is provided with free medical attendance. No stoppages of any kind are made from an officer's pay for absence from duty on account of injury or sickness received or incurred in the performance of duty.
If he is confined to hospital through sickness from climatic or ordinary causes, the following stoppages are made in respect of his maintenance whilst in hospital:-
SALARY.
From £100 to £200 per annum
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£201 to £300
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£301 to £400
Over £400 per annum
CLASS I.
ACCOMMODATION.
CLASS II.
CLASS III.
$1.00
per
diem.
$2.00
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$2.50
$0.60 per diem. $1.20 $1.50
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$5.00
per
diem.
$3.50
+
$2.00
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When the sickness of a subordinate officer or constable is caused by intemperance or is certified by a Government Medical Officer to be due to venereal disease which has become aggravated by concealment, or to sickness or injury which is purposely self inflicted, he shall be provided with medical attendance, medical comforts, diet and accommodation, but his pay shall be stopped for so long as he is absent from duty.
XVIII.-Sick leave up to a maximum of twenty-eight days on full pay in any numerical year may be
granted to any officer by the Inspector General of Police, provided the necessity for such leave is certified by a Government Medical Officer. Absence from duty on Medical Certificate beyond a period of twenty-eight days in any numerical year, except by permission of the Governor will be treated as full pay, or half pay leave or leave without pay as the case may be.
SALARY AND ALLOWANCES.
The following rates of salary and allowances at present obtain but are liable to revision from time to time:-
(1) The European Force is composed of
Chief Inspectors, at £600, rising by annual increments of £25 to £700. Inspectors, at £475, rising by annual increments of £20 to £535. Sub-Inspectors, at £370, rising by annual increments of £15 to £430. Sergeants at £260, rising by 2 increments of £20 and 5 of £10 to £350.
Lance Sergeants and Constables at £190, rising by annual increments of £10 to £240.
(2) Non-pensionable allowances for knowledge of languages are granted as follows:-
KNOWLEDGE OF CHINESE.
1st Certificate
2nd
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and facilities are provided for acquiring this language.
1st Certificate
2nd
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HINDUSTANI.
(3) Medals are granted for special services or for long and faithful
following allowances, which are non-pensionable :-
1st Class Medal
2nd
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3rd
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4th
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$ 5 per month.
$10
$15
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$20
$ 5 per month.
$10
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$15
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service, and carry with them the
$120 per annum.
ILI
$ 90
$ 60 $ 30
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