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5.
(b)
A first payment of a proportion of the sum
calculated will be
last
day on which
responsibilities in
of
made on 30 June 1997, the
the Secretary of State has respect of serving officers
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
in service of the Hong Kong SAR
Government or some lesser period.
career
that
an
officer
receive should
possible entitlement only if he
We consider
his maximum
continues in
service until the end of the phasing period.
Whether the first and subsequent payments should be made annually in equal proportions or whether there should be some sort of "loading". For example, to increase the benefit to those who
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