Civil Service Personnel Rule 153

153. Regarding all service personnel assigned duty to the above mentioned townships where the regional allowance is granted:
(a) the regional allowance is granted only when they reside in these townships to discharge their duties;
(b) if they are temporarily transferred from the township where regional allowance is granted to the one where the regional allowance is not granted, they are entitled to the regional allowance during the transfer period only when the following stipulations are fulfilled;
(i) the temporary transfer period does not exceed four months excluding the joining time;
(ii) the transfer order states that the service personnel is intended to be transferred back to the township where the regional allowance is granted;
(iii) during the temporary transfer period, the service personnel’s family who are residing with him and wholly depended on him such as the wife or the husband and children (including stepchildren and legally adopted children) remain residing in the original duty station of the township where the regional allowance is granted;
(c) the regional allowance for the joining time is entitled for going to or coming back from the transferred station;
(d) the regional allowance is entitled during the stay in the township where the regional allowance is not granted for the purpose of attending national commemoration ceremony or performing assigned duty, attending a meeting or a departmental training or taking part in the interdepartmental or national competition.