FCS/88/205
CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER
Hong Kong: General Compensation Scheme
1. I mentioned to you on 9 November that I would be
writing to you on this subject. In March 1985 OD(K)
considered a number of aspects of the treatment of
members of Her Majesty's Overseas Civil Service (HMOCs)
in Hong Kong, in the light of the constitutional change
in prospect. It was agreed that we should aim for
arrangements whereby these officers would be eligible for
compensation from local revenue. In my minute of 2 May
1985 I agreed that if HMG had at the end of the day to
accept these commitments the vote responsibility would
naturally fall to the FCO/ODA. For the reasons set out
in this minute I believe we now need to consider further
what compensation should be offered to these officers;
how this should be financed; and when a decision should
be taken and announced.
THE SCALE OF THE PROBLEM
2.
800) if in Happen
There are likely to be 300-400 members of HMOCS in
Hong Kong working in Hong Kong in 1997 for whom the question of compensation arises. The majority of these
are in the Royal Hong Kong Police.
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