Expatriate Inspector's Association
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Right Honourable Douglas Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Sir,
The following paragraphs will outline some in areas of concern to members of the Expatriate Inspectors' Association of the Royal Hong Kong Police Force which are heightened by the lack of progress in obtaining answers from Her Kajesty's Government.
Nationality
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belief that Irrespective of the Hong Kong Government's mistaken bellef Nationality is of no concern to this issociation; we would point out that many of our members are experiencing problems in obtaining the right of abode for their spouses in the United Kingdom.
We have seen correspondence which states that a Police Officer serving in the Royal Hong Kong Police Force may be deemed to be in 'a Service specially designated under Section 2(3) of the British Fationality Act 1981', however there has been no definitive statement to the effect that Police Officers recruited in the United Kingdom are in either Crown Service or in a service that has been specially designated.
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The lack of this definitive statement is becoming a matter of considerable concern to the extent that officers are seriously considering leaving the service of the Royal Hong Kong Police Force and returning to the United Kingdom to obtain the necessary residential qualification for their spouses.
Membership of Her Majesty's Overseas Civil Service (HMOCS)
There are considerable fears for the future of the Expatriate Inspectorate and those Association members who are enrolled in HOCS are naturally looking to that body to provide security since it is the assessment of the Expatriate Inspectors'