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GENERAL ORDERS

of the

HONG KONG GOVERNMENT

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109. Rent allowance. (1) Rent allowance, when no fixed allowance is provided, shall be a surn equal to the rent paid by an officer for a privately owned tenement or for lodgings, or if that rent is greater than the maximum rent for the time being prescribed for him in this Order, a sum equal to such maximum rent, less, in either case, the sum, if any, which he would pay as rent for quarters if he occupied quarters.

(2) Every European officer on a sterling salary who is not living in quarters and to whom no quarters are allotted may draw a rent allowance which, unless he is entitled to free quarters, shall not exceed 10 per cent. of his salary if he has dependants or 5 per cent. if he has none .

For the purpose of assessing rent allowance the following maximum rents are prescribed

Salary

Officers who occupy tenements and

(1) share them with other officers;

or

(11) are entitled to

free quarters;

or

(11) hold senior

superscale posts; or

(Iv) have 20 years'

service; or

(v) have dependants

Other officers

with depend- ants.

without depend-

ants.

Over £1,400

$250

$200

$100

n £1,100 but not over

£1,400

$200

$160

$80

## £700 but not over

£1,100

$175

$140

$70

£700 or less

$150

$120

$60