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本活機號 OUR REF AP 293/61-C
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7 April 1992
M V Stone, Esq
Hong Kong Department
Foreign and Commonwealth office
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GOVERNMent secreTARIAT
LOWER ALBERT ROAD
HỒNG KÔNG
Dr Fifoot.
Any help?
M
7/4.
Dear Michael,
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HMOCS: Cap 89 : Contract officers
Thank you for your letter of 6 April.
+221
The New Pension Scheme is promulgated in Cap 99
and not Cap 89, which only covers the old Pension Scheme. Copies of Caps 89 and 99 have been given to Mr. Nigel Cox today. The answers to your specific points are :
(a)
(b)
Yes; all contract officers who have joined/are eligible
join HMOCS serve in established
offices.
to
are not pensionable
officers on agreement terms
the
of
Such officers because they serve appointment providing for the payment of a gratuity dependent upon
length of their service. Regulations 21(b) of Cap 89 and Cap 99 (extracts of which are at Annexes A & B) make this clear and provide for the buying back of their previous agreement service as pensionable
service.