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THE
ASSOCIATION
OF MEMBERS OF HER
MAJESTY'S
OVERSEAS CIVIL SERVICE IN HONG KONG
Room G12, Central Government offices, Lower Albert Road, Hong Kong. HKA 23311
Dear Cox,
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4 May 1992.
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Your letter of 28 april 1992 does not help advance the process. At the very least it puts
the onus on you to demonstrate that the FCO is entering these consultations in good faith.
For the FCO to say now, with less than two months to run to the option deadline for the new pension scheme, that of the two key elements of a termination package, one is not up for discussion and the other is only to be discussed under the most disadvantageous terms, is neither reasonable nor in keeping with the undertaking that there should be full consultation and discussion of all the issues. Why should Ministers have been persuaded to a negative view before the consultations had even taken place? Why set a date for consultations before having had the time to take full account of the views
of the views solicited
solicited in HMG's opening statement and before, in the light of those views, having sought an appropriate mandate to proceed?
Nigel Cox, Esq,
Hong Kong Department,
Foreign and Commonwealth Office,
London SW1A 2AH,
U.K.
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