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21 February 1991
Foreign & Commonwealth
Office
London SWIA 2AH
Telephone: 071-
G C S Smith Esq
Chairman
Pensionable Service Committee Association of Expatriate Civil
Servants of Hong Kong
Room G12
Central Government Offices East Wing
Lower Albert Road
HONG KONG
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Thank you for your letter of 25 January to Lord Caithness. have taken careful note of the points in your briefing note.
Lord Caithness appréciates the concerns of HMOCS members. is in particular well aware of concerns about fluctuating exchange rates.
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You also mention the Supplementary Pension for Overseas Service (SPOS). I should perhaps point out that SPOS is not, as you suggest, intended to protect the sterling value of the basic pension. SPOS is intended to ensure that overseas pensioners receive the same increases in pension as their UK counterparts on comparable pensions. In other words, its aim is to extend the benefits of index-linked pensions to overseas pensioners.
These matters are the subject of current discussions between the relevant Departments of the British and Hong Kong
Governments.
At present, however, we have nothing to add to
our earlier statements.
A R Paul
Head of Hong Kong Department
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