MKA 233/5
Mr Morris
Mr Hum
PS/Mr Goodlad
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FROM: N C G Whitney
Hong Kong Department
DATE: 29 October 1992
cc: Sir J Coles ·
Mr Fifoot,
Legal Consultant
Mr Fish, ODA
HONG KONG: HER MAJESTY'S OVERSEAS CIVIL SERVICE: OVER RETIREMENT AGE APPLICANTS
Problem
1. Three members of the Judiciary in Hong Kong who are past normal retirement age have applied for membership of Her Majesty's Overseas Civil Service (HMOCS).
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Recommendation
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To admit the three members of the Judiciary to HMOCS.
Background and Argument
3. Two Justices of Appeal (Messrs Fuad and Kempster) and one Presiding Officer, Labour Tribunal (Mr Gregory Chan) have applied for membership of HMOCs. They are all past the normal retirement age of 65 and 60 respectively for the purposes of the Pension Benefits (Judicial Officers) Ordinance and Article XVIA (2) (a) of the Letters Patent. But their service has been extended, as provided for in Article XVIA (2) (b) (ii) of the Letters Patent.
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