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sounds at all likely Is Elizabeth Smith who is in her
mid-thirties, teaches al the Polytechnic of Central London,
and has an interpreter's diploma in Mandarin.
FED
understand (though they do not know her) that her standard
is high and that she might welcome a move from her present
job. She is married (her husband teaches German), but
travels quite often to China.
O
4. We will certainly do all we can to help you find a
solution in so far as 1ooruitment in the UK may be one
answer.
But we would first be grateful for your views on:
(a) Whether a replacement for Y P, at least for the
JLG and Land Commission work, could realistically be based
other than in Hong Kong?
(b) What salary and terms of service could the HKG
offer?
(c) If we were to pursue with the administration here
the idea of HMG relabusing the HKG for part of an
interpreter's services, we would need your initial ideas
M
about the percentage of salary (plus pension contributions
and housing costs?) which HKG could fairly be asked to meet.
(d) Given the importance in some contexts of knowledge
of complex Hong Kong issues, do you think a good ability
in Cantonese is essential or merely desirable?
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