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Pls amend

Michael Latham Esq MP

House of Commons

London

ces per the Red.

Reg

8

should

The's drafts

be retained on the

ale.

PS/Mr Maude

I submit a draft reply

SWLA OAA

M V Stone, HKD

4 May 1990

Land for the payment of pensins for

there who retire

as rigards

li Hãng hàng

"Crisl Sewants

who take advantäys I the scheme,

Thank you for your letter of 30 April enclosing one from your constituent, Mr M H Tallboys of 10 Walnut Close, Stretton, about pensions of Hong Kong Civil Servants.

The purpose of the nationality package is to anchor key people in Hong Kong by giving them the confidence to remain there. The Joint Declaration and the Basic Law for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region both make/ixpres explicit provision for the continued employment of civil servants after 1997 states that public servants previously serving in Hong Kong may all remain in employment and continue their service with pay, allowances, benefits and conditions of service no less

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favourable than before," and that the Hong Kong Special Administralin Region will similarly pay pensions inestetin of the nationality or place of residence

Your constituent's questions about whether the British people will need to meet pensionser other liabilities therefore does not arise. If some Hong Kong Civil Servants chose to leave Hong Kong and come to the United

Kingdom, that will be a matter for them: the United

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under

puson

concerned.

Kingdom Government has no liability to find them jobs or to provide eater for their pensions, to provide any redundency payments for Sewanto

to find them jobs

Cie. Ie nationalitera

pachayr) and

caur to Britain

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them who lever or

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who

Mr Fifoot

British Cart

17. Sligh

Their amended this to bring

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Grateful for advice/

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answer refers A.K. Cirl Sewants who take advantage of the Nationality Pachogr. It assumes - "That all member & #MOCs are subjects who will not.

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