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Ref: Section 920 Standardized Regulations (GC,fa)

 

Effective November 25, 2007, unless otherwise noted, allowances and/or post differential rates are revised as shown.  These changes will be Part A of TL:SR-684.

 

Please inform local offices of all U.S. government agencies at the posts listed in this cable.

 

Abbreviations and short form designations of posts will be used in this telegram; complete post entries will be shown in the full Table of Allowances DSSR Section 920.

 

Important: Read this entire message as posts may be listed more than once.  Changes are listed by allowance or differential rather than by post.

 

Taiwan has been included, when applicable, under arrangement with the American Institute In Taiwan.

 

The Post (Hardship) Differential changes for Shanghai and for Shenyang, Nanjing, Wuhan, and Other, China are based on Post Differential Questionnaires submitted by Shanghai and Shenyang, respectively.

 

The Living Quarters Allowance changes for Antwerp, Belgium and Curacao, Netherlands Antilles are based on updated information on living quarters expenditures submitted by Antwerp and Curacao, respectively.

 

The Post Allowance changes for China, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Jordan, South Africa and Uzbekistan are based on surveys submitted by Beijing, Kinshasa, Amman, Johannesburg and Tashkent, respectively.  All other Post Allowance changes are based on currency exchange rate information reported to the Office of Allowances as of the first Thursday of Pay Period 23 (November 15, 2007).

 

The Education “At-Post” Allowance rate changes are based on new information supplied by posts for the school year 2007/2008.

 

                                 POST DIFFERENTIAL

                              FROM                TO

CHINA

 NANJING                      25                  30

 SHANGHAI                     10                  15

 SHENYANG                     25                  30

 WUHAN                        25                  30

 OTHER                        25                  30

 

 

                        LIVING QUARTERS ALLOWANCE

                         FROM                 TO

                    2     3     4        2     3     4

BELGIUM 
 ANTWERP       WF 36100 33000 32700    38800 35500 35200

              WOF 34500 32700 28100    37100 35200 30200

           

 

NETHERLANDS ANTILLES

 CURACAO       WF 36100 35400 30100    37300 36600 31300

              WOF 36100 35400 30100    37300 36600 31300

 

 

                                 POST ALLOWANCE

                              FROM                TO

ALBANIA

 TIRANA                        20                 25

 OTHER                         20                 25

 

AUSTRALIA

 CANBERRA                      42                 35

 ALICE SPRINGS                 35                 30

 BRISBANE                      42                 35

 GERALDTON                     35                 30

 MELBOURNE                     50                 42

 NEWCASTLE, NSW                35                 30

 PERTH                         42                 35

 RICHMOND, NSW                 42                 35

 SYDNEY                        50                 42

 TOWNSVILLE                    42                 35

 OTHER                         35                 30

 

BELGIUM
 SHAPE
/CHIEVRES                42                  50

 OTHER                         42                  50

 

BENIN

 COTONOU                       25                 30

 OTHER                         25                 30

 

BULGARIA

 SOFIA                         20                 25

 OTHER                         20                 25

 

CAPE VERDE

 PRAIA                         20                 25

 OTHER                         20                 25

 

CHILE

 SANTIAGO                      15                 10

 OTHER                         15                 10

 

CHINA

 BEIJING                       10                 15

 GUANGZHOU                      5                 10

 

CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF

 KINSHASA                      42                 30

 OTHER                         35                 25

 

CYPRUS

 NICOSIA                       30                 35

 OTHER                         30                 35

 

ICELAND

 REYKJAVIK                     100               90

 KEFLAVIK-GRINDAVIK            100               90

 OTHER                         100               90

 

JAPAN

 GOTEMBA                       35                42

 IWAKUNI                       25                30

 KYOTO                         60                70

 MISAWA                        25                30

 NAGOYA                        60                70

 OKINAWA PREFECTURE            25                30

 OSAKA-KOBE                    60                70

 SAPPORO                       60                70

 SASEBO                        25                30

 TOKTY-TO                      25                30

 OTHER                         25                30

 

JORDAN

 AMMAN                         10                 5

 OTHER                         10                 5

 

LUXEMBOURG

 LUXEMBOURG                    50                 60

 

MOROCCO

 RABAT                         25                 30

 CASABLANCA                    25                 30

 TANGIER                       20                 25

 OTHER                         20                 25

 

NIGERIA

 LAGOS                         42                 50

 OTHER                         42                 50

 

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

 PORT MORESBY                  20                 25

 OTHER                         20                 25

 

ROMANIA

 BUCHAREST                    30                  25

 

SENEGAL

 DAKAR                        35                  42

 OTHER                        35                  42

 

SLOVAKIA

 BRATISLAVA                  25                  30

 OTHER                       25                  30

 

SOUTH AFRICA

 PRETORIA                    0                   25
 CAPE TOWN                   5                   10
 JOHANNESBURG
                0                   25

 

TANZANIA

 DAR ES SALAAM               15                  20

 OTHER                       15                  20

 

TUNISIA

 TUNIS                       10                  15

 OTHER                       10                  15

 

UZBEKISTAN

 TASHKENT                    5                    0

 OTHER                       5                    0

 

 

                         EDUCATION ALLOWANCE

                      FROM                  TO

                             AWAY                  AWAY

                      AT     FROM           AT     FROM

              GRADE   POST   POST   GRADE   POST   POST

BENIN

  Cotonou      K-5   7350   52500    K-5   8450   52500

              6-12   7950   52500   6-12   9100   52500

 

GERMANY

  Duesseldorf   K  14800   14800     K-5    19250   19250

              1-5  16950   16950     6-8    20650   20650

              6-8  18100   18100    9-10    21950   21950

             9-10  19150   19150   11-12    24300   24300

            11-12  21100   21100

 

INDIA

  Mumbai      K-5  21450   21450     K-5   21500    21500

             6-10  23050   23050    6-10   23100    23100

            11-12  23900   23900   11-12   23950    23950

 

UKRAINE

  Kyiv        K-5  16500   42600     K-5   16500   42600

              6-8  16000   42600     6-8   16400   42600

             9-10  17000   42600     9-10  17400   42600

            11-12  16500   42600   11-12   17100   42600