CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE F CO
TELNO 2423
OF 31101OZ JULY 91
CONFIDENTIAL
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1 AUG 1991
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MIPT: HMOCS MATTERS:
ARRANGEMENTS.
COMPENSATION/INCENTIVE SCHEME
THE FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF THE HMOCS ASSOCIATION'S REPLY TO THE MINISTER'S LETTER
BEGINS
HER MAJESTY'S OVERSEAS CIVIL SERVICE
YOU WILL HAVE SEEN THE MINISTER OF STATE'S LETTER OF 25
JULY TO THE CHIEF SECRETARY AND THE CHIEF SECRETARY'S LETTER OF
26 JULY TO US.
WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR BOTH THESE LETTERS AND IN PARTICULAR FOR THE CHIEF SECRETARY'S ASSURANCE THAT HE WILL CONTINUE TO PRESS HMG FOR AN EARLY ANNOUNCEMENT. YOU WILL REALISE, HOWEVER, THAT THE CONTENT OF THE MINISTER OF STATE'S LETTER DOES NOT ADDRESS THE VERY SERIOUS CONCERNS OF HMOCS MEMBERS IN HONG KONG. WE ARE PARTICULARLY DISAPPOINTED AT THE ABSENCE OF ANY INDICATION AS TO WHEN FORMULATION OF THE 'APPROPRIATE ARRANGEMENTS' WILL BE COMPLETED.
GIVEN THE TENOR OF THE MINISTER'S REPLY, REPRESENTATIVES OF OUR ASSOCIATION WILL SEEK AN INTERVIEW WITH THE PRIME MINISTER, WHEN HE VISITS HONG KONG LATER IN THE YEAR, TO EXPRESS OUR CONCERN ABOUT THE UNDUE DELAY IN RESOLVING THIS MATTER. WE HOPE THAT THE PRIME MINISTER WILL RECOGNISE THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE SITUATION AND WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE ASSURANCES THAT WE HAVE SOUGHT FOR SO LONG. WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR YOU ASSISTANCE IN ARRANGING SUCH AN INTERVIEW.
ENDS.
2.
YOU WILL NOTE THE ASSOCIATION'S REQUEST TO MEET THE PRIME MINISTER ON HIS FORTHCOMING VISIT. WE APPRECIATE THAT THIS WILL NOT BE PRACTICABLE BUT PERHAPS ONE OF THE ACCOMPANYING OFFICIALS
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