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INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG, BTC HONG KONG
HMOCS: DEADLINE DATE FOR CONTRACT OFFICERS TO APPLY FOR
PERMANENT AND PENSIONABLE EMPLOYMENT
1.
DURING DISCUSSIONS IN HONG KONG WITH COX (HKD) ON 6 APRIL, CIVIL SERVICE BRANCH ASKED WHETHER WE WOULD BE CONTENT FOR HKD
TO CONFIRM THAT THE DEADLINE DATE FOR CONTRACT OFFICERS TO OPT
TO BECOME PERMANENT AND PENSIONABLE SHOULD NOT/NOT BE EXTENDED
BEYOND 30 JUNE 1992.
2. IT WOULD INDEED BE OUR STRONG PREFERENCE THAT THERE SHOULD BE NO FURTHER EXTENSION OF THIS DATE. HOWEVER, BEFORE WE CAN CONFIRM THIS, WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT DOING SO WILL NOT CAUSE HMG NEW PROBLEMS. WE SHOULD THEREFORE BE GRATEFUL TO HAVE SIGHT OF
ALL THE PUBLIC DOCUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF THE
FIRST DEADLINE AND THE SEVERAL SUBSEQUENT EXTENSIONS OF THE
DEADLINE. OUR CONCERN IS TO SEE ON WHAT BASIS THE DEADLINE WAS
ESTABLISHED AND ON WHAT BASIS IT WAS EXTENDED. IF FOR EXAMPLE THERE WAS ANY REFERENCE TO ''GENERAL COMPENSATION SCHEME OR TO
''STERLING SAFEGUARDS' THIS COULD CAUSE US DIFFICULTIES.
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IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE YOUR RESPONSE DESKBY 09103OZ.
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