nsion
my wife is HK Chinese - I will commute more
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my pension than I had intended to need a crystal ball to answer this I hope the SAR will pay my pension – I do not know what my career prospects would have been they assign my pension to China I would have liked to retire in HK but I doubt if that will be encouraged if the agreement is as good as it appears then even the pension aspect will be OK assuming that I am still in receipt of a pension there may be less generous treatment of pensioners even though payment is taken over by the British government - only if I don't get my pension – I won't be affected and just as well
my job is now less secure may not be a desirable option for expatriates as an expatriate I consider my days in must be numbered will result in premature retirement it's my career they're playing with young expatriate officer my career prospects have been curtailed. Also when I undertook to work for HMG it was a commitment to work for the current government with alternate affiliation/loyalty to UK and not for some SAR government loyal to communist mainland China.
HK
5.
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DOES THE DRAFT AGREEMENT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST EXPATRIATES?
overwhelming
The response to this question is an yes though in many cases conditioned with the remark that this was natural. The youngest permanent and pensionable group feels this most stongly whilst the oldest agreement group feels this least.
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to recruit overseas without providing some incentive and compensation as China continues to maintain a China citizen only stance unlike other countries such as UK where anyone could become PM the agreement states "may" not shall employ expatriates adviser role may permit fulfilment of career prospects partly we should expect it to, its a document of decolonisation we have other passports they (poor souls) have no choice no one can complain about this - OK for professionals and those with something to offer which locals either don't have or are not prepared to offer the Civil Service, admin officers and police are different HK government has been doing this anyway so there is no change expatriates will be made unwelcome as 1997 approaches
agreement dwells too much on expatriates
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only
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no
in the government which is usual in most states more than existing discrimination against locals and non- white expatriates commitment to HK is expected
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there are things left unsaid so what not in itself government will harden its attitude to expatriate benefits - it discriminates against non-Chinese belongers none if nationality is changed the Chinese anti-expatriate feeling will gain strength from now on the flood of Chinese professionals to UK will also mean difficulty to get new jobs for us when we are localised expatriates who have been HK belongers longer than many Chinese should be promoted up to Secretary level foreign nationals are referred to only head of department level understandably a fully localised administration is wanted by 1997 inevitably this means expatriates will be discriminated against of course
within the Civil
Service.
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GROUP
YES%
NO%
DNK%
TOTAL
6.
P42-
87.0
11.1
1.9
54
P43+
72.1
25.0
2.9
104
Average
77.2
20.3
2.5
158
A42-
70.7
22.9
6.4
157
A43+
65.5
29.9
4.6
87
A?
67.4
26.1
6.5
46
Average
68.6
25.5
58.6
290
Overall
DOES THE DRAFT AGREEMENT INDICATE THAT THERE WILL BE FEWER EXPATRIATE CIVIL SERVANTS IN FUTURE?
The response to this question is again overwhelmingly yes and revealing in that a value judgement has to be made as to what in future means. The youngest permanent and pensionable group sees perhaps further into the future than the other groups. The agreement groups are perhaps subconsciously thinking about agreement renewals whilst the oldest permanent and pensionable group is not thinking so far ahead.
71.7
23.7
4.6
448
Average
GROUP
YES%
NO%
DNK%
TOTAL
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Remarks included the following:-
It must do not for lower positions why not it's only human nature to look after your own the requirement to make the SAR the place of permanent residence implies non-recognition of UK domicility by UK government in my field there is already a shortage of expertise - at the top levels in government only - only heads of department cannot be expatriates the only criterion should be ability - fails to ensure continuation of expatriate terms after 1997 localisation is at the expense of expatriates more localisation no more than currently interpretation could vary secretaries won't be expatriates in spirit yes, in practice certainly inevitably – it is government policy which sets the trend in employment and Chinese too who happen to be Nationalists and anti-communist why are most Chinese in HK to escape communism it makes no sense
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Remarks included the following:-
Obviously - by implication process started some time ago expect so
P42-
84.9
13.2
1.9
53
P43+
74.2
22.9
2.9
105
Average
77.9
19.4
2.5
158
A42-
79.9
14.5
5.6
159
A43+
80.5
14.6
4.9
82
A?
76.1
15.2
8.7
46
Average
79.5
14.6
5.9
287
key
Overall Average
78.9
16.4
4.7
445
rightly so
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