LETTER OF IMPLEMENTATION NO. 95
REVISING THE MFA INDICES ON OVERSEAS AND LIVING QUARTERS ALLOWANCES OF FOREIGN SERVICE PERSONNEL
TO : The Minister of Foreign Affairs
The 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 stationed abroad;
WHEREAS, Letter of Implementation No. 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 No. 63 authorizes the Permanent Committee created for the purpose of P.D. No. 1285 to recommend to the President/Prime Minister such adjustment in the MFA Index as may be warranted by changes in the exchange rates and price levels in the affected posts of assignment;
WHEREAS, in view of the continuing world-wide serious increase in price level and decline in the purchasing power of the United States dollar against certain currencies, the officers and employees of the Philippine Foreign Service have been experiencing financial difficulties;
WHEREAS, such losses in purchasing power are particularly onerous for officers and employees in the affected foreign service establishments due to the unusually high cost of living obtaining in the countries hereinafter listed:
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS;, President/Prime Minister of the Philippines, do hereby approve the recommendation of the Permanent Committee to revise the MFA Index contained in Letter of Implementation No. 63, as follows:
Overseas Allowance
Living Quarter Allowances
Country and Post
From
To
From
To
AfghanistanKabul
—
120%
—
130%
ArgentinaBuenos
Aires
105%
140
100%
140
AustraliaCanberra
125
140
130
160
Melbourne
—
140
—
140
Sydney
125
140
130
160
AustiraVienna
185
185
185
185
Bahrain
—
200
—
200
BelgiumBrussels
185
185
185
185
BrazilBrasilia
125
150
140
160
BurmaRangoon
90
90
80
80
BulgariaSofia
—
130
—
130
CanadaOttawa
125
135
130
140
Toronto
—
135
—
140
Vancouver
125
135
125
140
CubaHavana
100
120
100
140
EgyptCairo
100
110
120
130
FranceParis
185
185
185
185
GabonLibreville
140
180
160
180
Federal Rep.Bad Godesberg
195
235
195
235
of GermanyHamburg
195
235
195
235
German Democratic RepublicEast Berlin
—
235
—
235
GreeceAthens
—
140
—
130
Hongkong
120
140
130
150
IndiaNew Delhi
100
110
90
110
IndonesiaJakarta
115
130
130
140
Menado
95
100
90
90
Tarakan
90
95
90
90
IranTeheran
125
140
150
160
IraqBaghdad
—
150
—
140
IsraelTel-Aviv
120
140
130
160
ItalyRome
120
150
120
150
Holy See
120
150
120
150
JapanTokyo
280
270
280
270
Kobe
280
270
280
270
KenyaNairobi
100
120
120
130
KoreaSeoul
110
120
120
130
KuwiatKuwiat
—
200
—
200
LaosVientiane
130
130
80
80
LebanonBeirut
—
180
—
160
LibyaTripoli
140
180
150
160
MalaysiaKuala Lumpur
115%
125%
120%
135%
MexicoMexico City
100
130
100
130
MoroccoRabat
—
140
—
140
NetherlandsThe Hague
140
185
150
185
NigeriaLagos
125
160
140
140
New ZealandWellington
120
135
130
135
NorwayOslo
—
185
—
185
PakistanIslamabad
100
110
110
120
Papua NGPort Moresby
120
130
130
140
People Rep. of ChinaPeking
120
130
110
120
PolandWarsaw
—
130
—
130
RomaniaBucharest
120
120
130
130
Saudi ArabiaJeddah
150
160
140
170
SenegalDakar
110
160
120
150
SingaporeSingapore
115
130
120
135
SpainMadrid
120
150
120
140
Sri LankaColombo
90
100
90
110
SudanKhartoum
—
145
—
135
SwitzerlandBerne
225
225
225
235
Geneva
235
235
235
235
SwedenStockholm
—
185
—
185
SyriaDamascus
—
110
—
130
TaiwanTaipei
—
120
—
120
ThailandBangkok
115
120
120
125
United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi
—
200
—
200
United KingdomLondon
130
185
150
185
U.S.AAgana
120
130
120
140
San Francisco
120
130
120
140
Los Angeles
120
130
120
140
Seattle
115
130
120
135
New Orleans
115
130
120
135
Chicago
120
140
120
145
Washington
120
140
130
150
Honolulu
120
135
120
135
Houston
—
130
120
135
New York
120
140
130
150
USSRMoscow
135
150
130
145
VenezuelaCaracas
—
180
—
180
VietnamHanoi
100
115
110
110
YugislaviaBelgrade
120
140
150
160
This Order shall take effect as of August 1, 1979.
Done in the City Manila, this 9th day of August, in the 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