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there is no precedent for taking into account UK
in determining
salary
and
pension levels
arrangements for HMOCS. This is in spite of the
fact that
for colonial
pension earning rates
civil servants have always been better than
their UK counterparts, and we have never sought
to penalise those in the colonies whose salaries
were also higher.
salary levels
uniform.
salaries
in Hong Kong Are far from
Administrative
officers
receive
considerably better than their UK
counterparts.
But this ia less true of the
Police. They form the majority of HMOCS members
in Hong Kong, and will be crucial to our ability
to administer Hong Kong in the next few years.
4.
You
officers will
suggest that under your scheme HMOCS
enjoy retirement benefita
fall below those
that will never
In fact, your
of their UK counterparts.
proposal for the
trigger at 26:1 to operate only after
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The holow
will make them
point to us