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"Given that an element of rental allowance (equivalent to about $2,500).has already been incorporated in the existing DB honorarium, the new allowance is therefore set at $4,500 per month."
The spokesman pointed out that the allowance would be 100 per cent accountable, paid on a reimbursement basis on production of certified receipts, for expenses actually paid by DB members related to the running of their ward offices in the district.
"Claims for reimbursement will be made available for public inspection upon request," he said.
The allowance will be adjusted annually in October in accordance with the movement of the Hang Seng Consumer Price Index.
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New HK Academy for Performing Arts Council member appointed
The Governor has appointed Mr Clarence Chang Ching-po as a member of the Council of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts for the period from January 19 to December 31.
Mr Chang, the Deputy Chief Executive of Asia Television Limited, will replace Mrs Ng Young Tse-yu who has resigned from the Council for personal reasons, a government spokesman said today (Friday).
The Academy for Performing Arts is a statutory organisation to foster and provide for training, education and research in the performing arts and related technical arts.
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