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Jadual Public Sarica
c23e8 Rhodesia and the former Central African and West Indies Federations.
The provisional ODM view is that HMG's offer should not be extended to these
countries, mainly because their pension obligations are either small in amount
ar were the subject of specific negotiations & good many years ago.
Sudan might be included in this category, but on balance it might be wise to
offer to take over its pensions.
The
5. The second category consists of three small but prosperous dependencies
Bahamas, Bermuda and Brunei. Their claims to relief are scant on financial
grounds, but it would be difficult to justify their exclusion in principle
and the sums at stake are not large.
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itself.
Third, there is the question of Hong Kong, which merits a category to
Its present capacity to pay its large pensions bill (some £600,000
a year) is not in doubt, but looking to the long term, it might be well
advised to fund all its public service pensions, expatriate and local (possibly
by means of a "deal" involving its sterling balances?).
7. The Minister of Overseas Development hopes that it would be possible to
define "expatriate" pension in such a way that, without any issue of racial
discrimination arising, the large number of past and present Asian officers
of East African governments would not come within the offer to take over the
cost of pensions. There might however be technical difficulties to overcome:
the terms of service of Asian officers are protected by the Public Officers
Agreements in force with Kenya, Uganda and Zanzibar, but not by those with
Tanganyika and the East African Community.
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(1). Porr undapendance glament dosent arise.
(2).
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