House of Commons.
"estminster. LONDON.
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r from you to rs Edwina Curri: "? on matters of concern to the Association of Expatriate Civil Servants of for long was recently reproduced in the magazine
and which have now read. I regret the necessity to write but if your letter is left unchallenged it woull be right for you to assume your beliefs were correct. This is not the case.
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First, SPS. "ou believe the majority presumably oversears civil servants from all Territories) regard the arrangements as satisfactory.I dont know how you arrived at this belief but I for one have never been asked what I think of SPOS arrangements and I know many others who have bot been asked. For the record the administrative arrangements are probably satisfactory but the amount of supplement it provides is certaainly not. As I and many others have not given views or been asked what theu think of SPOS would you please tell me how you arrived at your belief.
Secondly, the resilience of the K/SUS link. This may be a suitable linkfon K as a 'racing territory but pensioners should not be affected by such policy. They should not have to face the worry at the end of each month as to how much thir pension wil be. Jus' cause they decile! to return to their re country for retire at. Of the 77 mont'lu vcnsion receipts I have experienced since retiring to '- after 29 years service in lona Sona only 10 receipts have bettered the
Personal Exchange Tate PSR 'awarded me on my retiremnt and these occurred six years ago. The ?? is the only base Licure I believe I can usefully use for such
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Contrary to your belief the fluctuations in the exchange rate have caused hardship and brastic changes in basic and modest life styles of many tong Kong pensioners ising in the UK. That is fact. "hen compared with UK counterparts, which do in your letter, you believe long long pensioners are certainly doing reasonably well.I have not heard any hue and cry in the national media which would certainly arise if !!!! nensioners, or for that matter serving public figures and civil servants, received 12% less for their August pension or monthly salary than they received four months ago in April.I have received 12% lessand in terms of cash it amounted to about $230.which just cannot afford and which has caused me dificulty.SPOS Por August amounted to about $30.00. "ith respect, on what facts and information 'id you arrive at your belief that Hong Kong pensioners continue to do reasonably
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The fact is that something is very wrong with the system of both payment of Hong
"ong pensions in the UK and the amount of support SPOS rovides. It is of the utmost importance that people of importance such as yourself, who are in a position to bring about chances for the better, are fully aware of the actual situation as it affects manu ona Kona pensioners and hat changes are made without further delay. IL you are no longer dealing with this subject matter man I request that it be passk led to the responsible person.
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Yours faithfull,
F.M.WATSON.