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

AfghanistanKabul

—

120%

—

130%

ArgentinaBuenos

Aires

105%

140

100%

140

AustraliaCanberra

125

140

130

160

Melbourne

—

140

—

140

Sydney

125

140

130

160

AustiraVienna

185

Bahrain

—

200

—

200

BelgiumBrussels

185

BrazilBrasilia

125

150

140

160

BurmaRangoon

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

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

IndonesiaJakarta

115

130

140

Menado

100

Tarakan

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

130

KoreaSeoul

110

120

130

KuwiatKuwiat

—

200

—

200

LaosVientiane

130

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

New ZealandWellington

120

135

130

135

NorwayOslo

—

185

—

185

PakistanIslamabad

100

110

120

Papua NGPort Moresby

120

130

140

People Rep. of ChinaPeking

120

130

110

120

PolandWarsaw

—

130

—

130

RomaniaBucharest

120

130

Saudi ArabiaJeddah

150

160

140

170

SenegalDakar

110

160

120

150

SingaporeSingapore

115

130

120

135

SpainMadrid

120

150

120

140

Sri LankaColombo

100

110

SudanKhartoum

—

145

—

135

SwitzerlandBerne

225

235

Geneva

235

SwedenStockholm

—

185

—

185

SyriaDamascus

—

110

—

130

TaiwanTaipei

—

120

—

120

ThailandBangkok

115

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

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