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the

The officer is required to inform his Departmental Secretary immediately of the birth, adoption, marriage and death of each dependent child, or the assumption of responsibility for any step-children; of the date when a dependent child reaches age of 19; of the date when a dependent child in full time- education or vocational training or who on account of. physical or mental inficity is dependent, reaches the age of 21; and of

including marriagey any change in his carical divorce, or death of his spouse.

status,

TERMS OF ENGAGEMENT, DATE OF APPOINTMENT AND INCREMENTAL DATE

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The appointment is for a period of service letter offering the appointment.

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as stated in the Annual leave counts as part

of this period of service but it is not leave earning.

Coust

of

the date from

his service will The officer's assumption of duty, which is normally the date of his arrival in Hong Kong.

overseas

The date of first appointmeat of the officer recruited from

which the officer is nomally the date upon the country of engagement for Hong Kong, provided travels by air by the most direct route.

leaves

that he If he breaks his

the journey or travels by an indirect route or by other means, extra travelling time is deducted before decermining his date of appointment. The date of first appointment of an officer recruited locally is the date of assumption of duty.

of salary, if any,

will be payable from

the

Incremeats officer's incremental date which is determined, in accordance with his date of first appointment, as follows :-

(a) if he assumes duty between the 1st and the

15th of the month, his

his incremental date will be the 1st of that month;

(5)

duty between

the 16th and

f he assumes the end of the coach, his incremental date will be the 1st of the following month.

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