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option deadline to cater for a specific group of expatriate HMOCS officers would not be feasible. There would also be difficulty in generally extending of the option deadline and the work involved would be considerable. Early announcement of arrangements for HMOCS officers due to the change of sovereignty in 1997 would remove the possibility of a justifiable claim for further extension of the option
deadline.
Civil Service Branch
26 July 1991
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