CSB - Leave Passages

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Leave Passages

Leave passage benefits are normally provided to directorate officers in the form of a Leave Passage Allowance. Details of the leave passage benefits for civil servants provided before and after the introduction of the new fringe benefits package on 1 June 2000 are summarised below:

(a) For those offered appointment to the civil service on or after 1 June 2000 -

Category of staff	Rates (with effect from 1 April 2008)	Remarks
On or above Point 7 of the Directorate Pay Scale	$53,320	Eligible officers receive a non-accountable allowance at the end of each 12-month period. The allowance is granted only to the officers themselves, and not to their family members.
On Points 4 to 6 of the Directorate Pay Scale	$28,090
On Points 1 to 3 of the Directorate Pay Scale	$14,045
(b) For those offered appointment to the civil service before 1 June 2000, the most common leave passage benefit terms are as follows -

Category of staff	Rates (with effect from 1 April 2008)	Remarks
On or above Point 7 of the Directorate Pay Scale	$53,320	A fully accountable allowance is granted to officers on or above Point 4 of the Directorate Pay Scale in each 12-month period and those on Points 1 to 3 in each 24-month period. The officer’s spouse and dependent children are also eligible for the allowance, subject to a total amount of allowance not exceeding that for five adults.
On Points 1 to 6 of the Directorate Pay Scale	$28,090

(When dollars are quoted in this homepage, they are Hong Kong dollars.
About HK$7.8 = US$1.)


		Last Revision Date : 29 April 2008