CONFIDENTIAL
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29.
The draft agreement provides satisfactorily for continuity of service by serving officers in the public service in Hong Kong on terms and conditions, including pay and pensions, no less favourable than before 1 July 1997. These provisions apply to members of Her Majesty's Overseas Civil Service (HMOCS) serving in Hong Kong as well as to other civil servants. The resumption of sovereignty over Hong Kong by the People's Republic of China misses similar issues in respect of HMOCS as independence has in other dependent territories. It is not possible, however, to define now, twelve and a half years in advance of constitutional change, all the arrangements which will apply to members of HMOCS serving in Hong Kong and to the payment of their pensions by the Hong Kong SAR Government after 1 July 1997.
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of HMOCS officers.
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