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(b) who has his principal family and social ties and general

background in an overseas country; and

(c) whose engagement as aforesaid represents a material degree of dislocation or severance from such overseas country, and his work and ties therein.

Provided that nothing contained above shall preclude an officer being deemed to be an expatriate officer by reason only of his having before his first appointment to the service of the Hong Kong Government been habitually resident for the purpose of his calling or profession in a country other than an overseas country if before the commencement of such residence he fulfilled the requirements set out above.

Provided further that the following categories of officers shall be deemed to be expatriate officers:

(a) Indian officers of the Hong Kong Police Force and

the Prisons Department recruited from India;

(b) Chinese members of the Hong Kong Police consti-

tuting the Shantung Contingent.

(iii) If any question arises as to whether any officer is an expatriate

officer and entitled to expatriation pay under these rules, or as to. the amount of such pay, the same shall be decided by the Governor- in-Council whose decision shall be final.

DETAILED RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING EXPATRIATION PAY

43. We recommend that expatriation pay should be granted to expatriate officers in addition to basic pay at the rates set out in Appendix VI. We have not recommended a fixed percentage of basic salary as expatriation pay since this would result in irregular sums in certain instances, but have suggested for accounting convenience a series of platforms. We recommend that expatriation pay should be pensionable and that it should be payable both while an officer is resident in the Colony and while he is on leave. We do not, however, recommend that expatriation pay should be taken into account when percentage deductions are made for the rent of Government quarters, since if such deductions were made from expatriation pay, an overseas officer on the same basic salary as a local officer and of the same seniority would, if both officers were allotted Government quarters, have to pay more than the local officer. Similarly we suggest that expatriation pay should not be included in total emoluments in any salary assessment for cost of living allowances. As expatriation pay is pensionable, we recommend that deductions should be made from it for Widows and Orphans Pension Contributions. We recommend that expatriate women officers should receive expatriation pay at the same rates as male officers.