CO129-577-8 Junior Clerical Service- petition for improvements in salaries and conditions of service 6-7-1939 - 19-12-1939 — Page 133

Enclosure No.5.

HONG KONG GENERAL ORDER No.119.

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(1) When quarters are not available rent

allowances are granted to male officers on the permanent

establishment of ten years' continuous service and

upwards holding appointments of the class ordinarily

recruited locally, not including Police and Prison staff

or officers on daily rates of pay, in accordance with the

following rule:-

The allowance payable will be the difference between

6% of the officer's salary, inclusive of fixed

personal allowances but of no other allowances, and

the rent actually paid by him for accommodation

occupied by himself and his dependants only, subject

to the following maxima: -

Salaries of $3,500 per annum and over:

Allowance of $25 per mensem.

Salaries of $2,300 per annum to $3,499:.

Allowance of $20 per mensem.

Salaries of $1,100 per annum to $2,299:-

Allowance of $15 per mensem.

Salaries of less than $1,100 per annum other

than those falling under paragraph (2) of

this Order:-

Allowance of $8 per mensem.

(2) Male officers other than members of the

floating staff on salary scales of which the minimum is

less than $420 per annum will be granted allowances of

$4 per month when no quarters are available, and $2 per

month where single quarters are available.

(3) Allowances may be withheld in cases of

misconduct and will not be payable to any officer who

refuses to occupy Government quarters when such are offered