Mr. Meade's views gloss in his statement

"Admission" is wholly without justification.

On the grounds that the 3/60th

calling attention to the method in which Mr.

Mansell-dices dealt with the line and the

interpolation which he made in citing his

admission when reporting to Government

I agree

I'm 7/5

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6.5.93

M. Fanfield

In accordance with Mr. Meade's marginal note on previous page, I have in the

draft said nothing about abolition

of office, but have based

the decision on

the ground of treating

him in the same

way

as if he had been

allowed to remain in service till he

was sixty - which gives him the extra 3 years proposed.

I am

sorry

I quoted the

"abolition" rule in my previous minute incorrectly. The additions specified in that rule are inclusive, not exclusive, of Rule

No. 12

are

the climate bonus, the result being that an officer who (like Mr. Freire) has

served between 10-15

years, getting 5 years in all, i.e., no addition for abolition. This Hong Kong rule follows the Straits rule, (8 in Civil

Service

rules there way

n

abolition

addition

less

liberal than the Ceylon rule established 20 years ago), but as it was decided

not to alter the Straits

rule (see end of Mr. Rode's final and his minute thereon) I would not raise

the question now of making

the Hong Kong rule more liberal. It does not affect Freire's case as dealt with in draft

herewith

Jun 15/5/93 Esq 18.5.93.

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