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(ii)

(a) Officers appointed from overseas

Passages to Hong Kong will be provided for the officer and his family on first appointment and, subject to satisfactory completion of the tour of service and to the regulations in force from time to time, to his country of origin (see Section 9 of this Memorandum). If the officer ·· is not returning for a further tour of service, he must claim and avail himself of passages to his country of origin within one month of ceasing duty. If the officer is returning to duty, he will be provided with passages back to Hong Kong on completion of his leave; in such circumstances, a return booking will be made in Hong Kong before the officer's departure on leave.

(b) Officers appointed locally

Passages to Hong Kong will not be provided for the officer on first appointment. Passages may

be provided for his family if they are resident outside Hong Kong at the time of his appointment, but any excess over the cost of standard passages from the officer's country of origin will be met by the officer. Subject to satisfactory completion of the tour of service and to the regulations in force from time to time passages will be provided to his country of origin (see Section 9). If the -officer is not returning for a further tour of service,

he must claim and avail himself of passages to his country of origin within one month of ceasing duty. If the officer is returning to duty, he will be provided with passages back to Hong Kong on completion of his leave; in such circumstances, a return booking will be made in Hong Kong before the officer's departure on leave.

(iii) Subject to Establishment Regulations on booking of

Passages, an officer may make his own arrangements for a passage and claim reimbursement from Governments of an amount not exceeding the cost of Government of the standard passage for which the officer is eligible. (Government receives a discount from B.0.A.C. on all air bookings but also see Section 12(iv)).

(iv)

The Government endeavours to provide an officer with passages of the class for which he is eligible in accordance with the regulations for the time being in force, but it must be understood that if circumstances render it necessary for an officer to be provided with passages of a lower class no claim for compensation will be entertained.

(v)

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