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FM HONG KONG 200244Z JUL 85
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1489 OF 20 JULY
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON
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YOUR TELNO 1032: REMUNERATION AND ALLOWANCES FOR MEMBERS OF UMELCO.
1. SUBJECT TO THE RIDER THAT THE STIPEND SHOULD ULTIMATELY BE PROVIDED FOR BY LEGISLATION, IT WAS DECIDED BY EXCO ON 9 JULY THAT IT SHOULD INITIALLY BE INTRODUCED BY ADMINISTRATIVE DECISION OF FINANCE COMMITTEE. A PAPER PROPOSING THE STIPEND AND THE ADJUSTMENT OF CURRENT REIMBURSEMENT ALLOWANCE TO ACCOUNT FOR
INFLATION IS TO BE TAKEN BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE ON 24 JULY.
2. THE ADOPTION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE ROUTE MEANS THAT THE
INITIATIVE IN PROPOSING THE LEVEL AT WHICH THE STIPEND AND
ALLOWANCE SHOULD BE PITCHED HAS COME FROM THE ADMINISTRATION AND
THAT WE ARE NOT PRE-EMPTING THE NEW COUNCIL BY INTRODUCING THE
PROVISION BY LEGISLATION AT THIS STAGE. FINANCE COMMITTEE
PROCEEDINGS DO NOT ATTRACT THE WIDE PUBLICITY THAT ATTACHES TO
A BILL AND TRUST THAT PITFALLS WILL BE AVOIDED BY ADOPTING THIS
METHOD.
3. WE WILL KEEP YOU INFORMED IF UNSEEN PITFALLS EMERGE.
AKERS-JONES
LIMITED
HKD
DR. WILSON
COPIES TO:
HKGO, LONDON
HKCK 011
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
22 JUL 1985
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