Mr Tsui Wai-Chun
PS/Lord Caithness
I submit a draft reply
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Rosaline March 1x1
R M Marsden, HKD
Chairman
Junior Police Officers Association
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Room 106, 1st Floor
Kowloon District Police HQ
Argyle Street
2 MI
Marides
Hong Kong
Ink you
Lit Tim
(Mund Cantor)
Lord Caithness has asked me to thank you for your letter of 19 September, drawing his attention to previous correspondence about issues of concern to members of your
Association. Lord Caithness was glad to have had the opportunity to meet you and other representatives of your Association during his recent visit Hong Kong and to hear your views at first hand.
Lord Caithness is aware of the concern felt by Junior Police Officers that they will not all qualify under the
assurances scheme. Unfortunately it would not be possible
to grant all Junior Police Officers the right of abode in
the UK, given the overall ceiling on numbers imposed by the British Nationality (Hong Kong) Act. I should point out, however, that the number of assurances reserved for the
Disciplined Services is proportionately much higher than
that for the community as a whole or for the rest of the public service.
I can assure you that the Hong Kong Government take the
concerns of your Association very seriously and attach great importance to the maintenance of an effective and well
This was reflected in their
motivated police force.
MATAAI/1
CC