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[ LETTER OF IMPLEMENTATION NO. 90, June 06, 1979 ]
INCREASING MFA INDEX ON OVERSEAS AND LIVING QUARTERS ALLOWANCE OF FOREIGN SERVICE PERSONNEL IN BONN AND HAMBURG, FEDERAL, REPUBLIC OF GERMANY.
TO : The Minister of Foreign Affairs The Acting Minister of the Budget Heads of Ministries and Agencies with Staff Members Stationed Abroad. WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 1285 establishes the Foreign Service Compensation Plan for Staff members of the national government who are stationed abroad; WHEREAS, Letter of Implementation 63 provides the necessary rules and regulations to be observed in the payment of compensation for personnel of the national government stationed abroad; WHEREAS, Section 4.3.2 of the aforesaid Letter of Implementation 63 authorizes the Permanent Committee created for the purpose of P.D. 1285 to recommend to the President/Prime Minister such adjustments in the MFa index as may be warranted by changes in the exchange rates and price levels in the affected post of assignment; WHEREAS, in view of the continuing serious decline in the value of the United States dollar against the German Deutschemark, officers and employees of the Philippine Foreign Service establishments in Bonn and Hamburg (Federal Republic of Germany) have been experiencing difficulties resulting from the serve reduction in the purchasing power of the United States dollar and the continuing increase in the cost of living in this area; WHEREAS, such losses in purchasing power are particularly onerous for officers and employees in the Foreign Service establishments above-mentioned due to the unsually high cost of living in the country; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President/Prime Minister of the Philippines, do hereby approved the recommendation of the Permanent Committee to increase the MFA Index contained in Letter of Implementation 63 insofar as the overseas and living quarters allowances for the Foreign Service posts in Bonn and Hamburg are concerned as follow: Country and Post OVERSEAS ALLOWANCE LIVING QUARTERS ALLOWANCE From To From To Germany Bonn 195% 235% 195% 235% Humburg 195% 235% 195% 235% This Order shall take effect upon approval. Done in the City of Manila, this 6th day of June, in year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-nine. (Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS President Republic of the Philippines By the President: (Sgd.) JUAN C. TUVERA Presidential Assistant