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13 November 1992
CABINET
MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE ON HONG KONG AND
OTHER DEPENDENT TERRITORIES
HONG KONG: ARRANGEMENTS FOR HER MAJESTY'S OVERSEAS
CIVIL SERVICE
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Memorandum by the
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
1.
Early decisions are needed on arrangements for members of Her
Majesty's Overseas Civil Service (HMOCS) serving in Hong Kong at
the transfer of sovereignty in 1997. I should like to consider
briefly at our meeting on 18 November the principles involved.
2.
Her Majesty's Overseas Civil Service (HMOCS) was established in 1954 by the Secretary of State for the Colonies. Its members comprise expatriate appointees to pensionable offices in the
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