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February 1993
CONFIDENTIAL
The Rt Hon Michael Portillo MP
Chief Secretary
HMT
HONG KONG : HMOCS ARRANGEMENTS
Thank you for your letter of 3 February.
2.
conditions
The two White Papers which set out the terms and
obligations.
for
HMOCS
officers leave
ug with real
In all 42 HMOCS territories, HMG have made
arrangements to provide these officers with full
compensation and full
done
pension protection. This has been
without exception. That is the standard against which
-
our proposals will be judged, in the House and
officers take us to judicial review in the Courts,
1f HMOCS
3.
You argue that we should treat Hong Kong HMOCS
because of the
officers worse than their
predecessors
current public expenditure climate in the UK and because
they
receive salaries and pension benefits which are better
than their UK counterparts,
But :
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