OVERMENT HOUSE HUNG KONG.
TUE 03 NOV 92 08:30
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Mr Cartland said that it would be difficult if further progress had not been made by December. The deadline for transferring to the new pension scheme was now the end of December. If it needed to be extended, he suggested that it might be better if the new deadline was expressed in terms of officers reaching the age of 50 rather than as a single deadline for all. If there was no progress, the Association's AGM in December would be difficult to manage. There was a good chance that the present moderate committee would be replaced by a more radical one. The Governor asked if there was anything that he could do to help. Mr Cartland said that it might be useful if he could attend the AGM or alternatively, if the date was not convenient, have a drink with some members of the Association. The Governor said that he would be happy to consider these ideas.
The Governor said that he would have no objection to Mr Cartland telling members of the Association that he had put their case forcefully to him and that the Governor had recognised that it involved issues of principle and honour, and had promised to do what he could to help.
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