IN CONFIDENCE
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6.
It is intended to fix as the base for
calculating payments the salary as at 1 January 1992 of the
rank point in which the officer is serving on 30 June 1997
converted into sterling at the average exchange rate for the derived base value could be adjusted
account of the movement of the UK retail
However
1991.
annually to take price index.
7.
It is
misapprehension
officers
important that there should be no
that the arrangements to be made for HMOCS will in anyway affect the duty of those officers to give
give their full loyalty to the HKG up to 30 June 1997
and to the government of the Hong Kong SAR thereafter.
8.
wide
We are ensuring that this statement is given a
distribution to those officers who have an interest in
it. We should be grateful to receive any written comments
on the proposal outlined above by 24 April. We then
envisage that a small team of officials should visit
Hong Kong in the week beginning 4 May in order to discuss points arising with representatives of the Association of
members of HMOCS in Hong Kong. Thereafter we hope to
announce decisions
details of the scheme early in
on the
June.
IN CONFIDENCE