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TELEGRAM NUMBER 1838 OF 14 SEPTEMBER
YOUR TELNO 2806: TEST OF ACCEPTABILITY: APPOINTMENT OF
MONITORS.
1. GRATEFUL FOR YOUR COMMENTS ON THE FOLLOWING DRAFT LETTER OF
APPOINTMENT FROM THE HEAD OF PPD TO MR JUSTICE SIMON LI,
AND FOR A SENTENCE ON THE MECHANICS OF PAYING HIM.
BEGINS:
I AM WRITING TO CONFIRM YOUR APPOINTMENT AS A MEMBER OF
THE MONITORING TEAM WHICH HAS BEEN APPOINTED BY THE SECRETARY
OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS TO TEST THE
ACCEPTABILITY IN HONG KONG OF THE AGREEMENT REACHED WITH THE
CHINESE GOVERNMENT ON THE FUTURE OF THE TERRITORY. YOUR
APPOINTMENT WILL BEGIN ON 25 SEPTEMBER 1984 AND FINISH AT THE
END OF NOVEMBER (DATE TO BE SPECIFIED). THE TERMS OF REFERENCE
FOR THE MONITORING TEAM ARE ATTACHED.
YOU WILL BE PAID A FEE OF HONG KONG DOLLARS 43,500 PER
MONTH (OPEN SQUARE BRACKETS) SENTENCE ON MECHANICS OF PAYMENT
(CLOSE SQUARE BRACKETS). YOUR FEE WILL BE SUBJECT TO HONG KONG
TAX. I CONFIRM THAT YOU WILL BE COVERED FOR INJURY OR DEATH
IN THE COURSE OF YOUR DUTIES OR WHILST ON A BEGIN UNDERLINING
BONA FIDE END UNDERLINING DUTY JOURNEY UNDER THE TERMS OF THE
PRINCIPAL CIVIL SERVICE PENSION SCHEME AND THAT DURING THE
PERIOD YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR TREATMENT UNDER THE TERMS OF
THE DIPLOMATIC CIVIL SERVICE MEDICAL SCHEME.
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2. YOUR TUR CROSSED WITH OUR TELNO 1830 WHICH CONTAINED
SIR PATRICK NAIRNE'S FLIGHT DETAILS. ACCOMMODATION ARRANGEMENTS
ARE ACCEPTABLE TO HIM.
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