IN CONFIDENCE
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a proportion of the sum so
made on 30 June 1997, the
the Secretary of State has
(b) A first payment of
calculated will be
last day on which
responsibilities in respect of serving officers
of HMOCS in Hong Kong, to all HMOCS officers who
are in the service of HKG on that date;
(c)
Subsequent payments will be made at annual intervals to officers, who were members of HMOCS
on 30 June 1997 and who are in the service of
the Hong Kong SARG on the date of the subsequent
payment.
Amongst the matters of detail which we wish to discuss with HMOCS officers' representatives are
(a) Whether the period
(b)
over which the phasing of
payments after the initial one will take place should span the whole of the officers' remaining
career in service of the Hong Kong SAR
Government or some lesser period.
that an
We consider
officer should receive his maximum
continues in
possible entitlement only if he service until the end of the phasing period.
For.
Whether the first and subsequent payments should
be made annually in equal proportions or whether
there should be some sort of "loading".
example, to increase the benefit to those who
are committed to continue in the service of the
SARG, the proportion of the total entitlement which is paid
paid in each year could increase to reach a peak in the final year.
IN
CONFIDENCE