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10 APR 1000
11/4.
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FROM C K CHENG, CSB
LETTER FROM MR MCINTYRE
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR TELELETTER DATED 30.3.1990. WE HAVE NOW RE- DRAFTED PARA. 2(C) OF OUR LETTER TO YOU REFERENCED (60) IN MCI/WM/1 DATED 16.3.1990 IN THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH. GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD ADVISE IF THE PROPOSED REPLY IS IN ORDER.
PARA. 2(C):
''IT IS NOT THE PRACTICE OF HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT TO GIVE THE GUARANTEES THAT YOU HAVE REQUESTED. HOWEVER, PAYMENT OF PENSION UNDER THE OLD AND NEW PENSION SCHEMES IS GOVERNED BY THE PENSIONS ORDINANCE, CAP. 89 AND THE PENSION BENEFITS ORDINANCE, CAP. 99 RESPECTIVELY. IN THE PENSIONS LEGISLATION, PENSION BENEFITS HAVE BEEN MADE A RIGHT. THE POSITION EXPLAINED IN THE LETTER DATED 20 SEPTEMBER 1985 WILL NOT BE AFFECTED WITH THE TRANSFER TO THE NEW PENSION SCHEME.''
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