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Allowance and Post Differential
Reclassifications TL:SR-593 (Part A)


Effective December 3, 2000, unless otherwise noted, Allowances and/or Post Differential Rates are revised as shown. These changes will be part A of TL:SR-593.

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 subsequent pages of printed 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 Living Quarters Allowance (LQA) changes for Sao Paulo, Brazil, Bangkok, Thailand, and Adana-Incirlik and Ankara, Turkey are based on the annual report of living quarters expenses. All post allowance changes are based on currency exchange rate information reported to the office of allowances as of the first Tuesday of the pay period (November 21, 2000).

Danger Pay is eliminated for Kampala based on Uganda's submission of a Danger Pay Factors Form (FS-578).

The Post (Hardship) Differential change for Surabaya and Other, Indonesia is based on a Post (Hardship) Differential Report submitted by Surabaya. The Post Differential for Kampala, Uganda increases because the political violence points have been restored to Kampala's differential score as a result of the elimination of danger pay.

All education at post rate changes are based on new information supplied by posts.

Listing Change:   On November 17, 2000, the United States Government established diplomatic relations with the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia,recognizing it as an independent state. The former practice of using Serbia and Montenegro for the name of this entity is to be discontinued. The U.S. Board on Geographic names has approved the long-form name as Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. With the published Section 920 TL:SR 593, Serbia and Montenegro is no longer listed, it is replaced by Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of.

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DANGER PAY                    FROM                TO

UGANDA
 KAMPALA                       15                  0
 
                                 POST DIFFERENTIAL
                              FROM                TO

INDONESIA
 SURABAYA                      15                 25
 OTHER                         15                 25

UGANDA
 KAMPALA                       20                 25
 
   			LIVING QUARTERS ALLOWANCE
                      FROM                 TO
                  2     3     4      2      3      4
BRAZIL
 SAO PAULO  WF 13000 10000  8000    30700 29300 26400
           WOF 10000  8000  6500    30000 26400 23400
THAILAND
 BANGKOK    WF 14900 14700 12700    32400 30000 25200
           WOF 14700 12700 11600    28800 26400 22800
TURKEY
 ADANA-INCIRLIK
            WF 12500 12100  9400    14600 13900 12500
           WOF 12100  9500  8300    14200 12500 11100
                 
 ANKARA     WF 24500 24000 18000    27100 26500 18000
           WOF 24000 22800 16000    26500 22800 16000
 
  
                                 POST ALLOWANCE
                              FROM                TO
BRUNEI
 BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN           10                  5
 OTHER                          5                  0

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
 BANGUI                        15                 10
 OTHER                         15                 10

KENYA
 NAIROBI                        5                 10
 OTHER                          5                 10

NORWAY
 OSLO                          25                 20
 STAVANGER                     15                 10
 OTHER                         15                 10

SWEDEN
 STOCKHOLM                     15                 10
 OTHER                         10                  5

UNITED KINGDOM
 ROCHESTER                     30                 25
							  
                         EDUCATION ALLOWANCE                      
 		      FROM                  TO
                             AWAY                  AWAY
                      AT     FROM           AT     FROM
              GRADE   POST   POST   GRADE   POST   POST

  BAHRAIN
  BAHRAIN      K-6  12700  12700     K-6  13150  13150
               7-8  13300  13300     7-8  13800  13800
              9-12  13900  13900    9-12  14400  14400

BRUNEI
  BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN
              K-12   7750  30750    K-12   8750  30750

NIGERIA
  LAGOS        K-6   9300   9300     K-6   9150   9150
               7-8  11550  11550     7-8  11550  11550
                 9  11550  30100       9  11550  30100
             10-12    150  30100   10-12    150  30100
[End of TL:SR 593-A]

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