GRPS 300
CYPHER CAT/A
FM HONG KONG 260745Z
73
CONRIDENTIAL
RECEIVED IN
REGISTRY No.52
29 JUL 1974
세사 시
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CONFIDENTIAL
TO ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON TELEGRAM NUMBER 403 OF 26 JULY, 1974
APPLICANT FOR SENIOR ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF POLICE.
NOVE
YOUR TELNO 369 CONCERNING HOWELL'S APPOINTMENT REFERS,
2. SINCE HONG KONG IS NOT A PARTICIPANT IN THE OVERSEAS SERVICE AID SCHEME (0.5.A.S.), REFERENCE TO THE OVERSEAS SERVICE ACT, 1961 AND THE OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICE ACT, 1965, IS NOT UNDERSTOOD. IT IS NOTED THAT THERE WAS A SIMILAR REFERENCE IN THE TERMS OF APPOINTMENT OF J.C, CLEMENCE (ALSO FROM THE METROPOLITAN POLICE) BUT PRESUMABLY THIS WAS TO FACILITATE RELEASE FOR DUTY IN HONG KONG SINCE CLEMENCE'S CONDITIONS OF
SERVICE WERE IDENTICAL TO THOSE FOR OFFICERS SERVING ON ORDINARY HONG KONG COVERNMENT AGREEMENT TERMS. WHAT WOULD BE THE PURPOSE OF APPLYING THESE TERMS TO HOWELL?
3. WE WOULD PREFER NOT TO USE THE TERM
'SECONDMENT
IN THAT IT
HAS DEVELOPED A RATHER SPECIAL MEANING IN HONG KONG. YOU MAY RECALL THE DIFFICULTIES WE HAD IN THIS CONNECTION IN RESPECT OF THE CONDITIONS OF SERVICE OF D.S. AND H.C.S. SECONDED OFFICERS. MR HOWELL SHOULD BE OFFERED A NORMAL THREE YEAR APPOINTMENT ON
GRATUITY-BEARING AGREEMENT TERMS.
THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT DOES NOT MEET THE COST OF SUPERANNUATION
CONTRIBUTIONS UNLESS (LIKE CLEMENCE) THE OFFICER APPOINTED 15 ON
NON-GRATUITY BEARING AGREEMENT TERMS. THE PROPOSALS ON PARAGRAPHS
2 AND 3 WOULD IN EFFECT CONSTITUTE AN ADVANCE OF GRATUITY WHICH
IS MOT NORMALLY ACCEPTABLE. WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE
SUMS INVOLVED AND THE REASONS FOR THIS RATHER UNUSUAL REQUEST
REFORE DECIDING.
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