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Mr.
DRAFT. LETTER
FOR CONSON.
THE U.S. OF S.
Home Office.
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54247/9/49
Permt. U.S. of S.
C. D.
Parly. U.S. S.
R.
1- DEC
Minister of State
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Secretary of State
Your Reference..
Sir,
676,652/55
Ansid (6) an '50
Se
2-12-49.
((18) on 1948 file.)
Copy of enc.
to (1)
(None available in Regy)
I am etc. to refer to Home Office letter of the
15th July 1948, on the subject of members of the Hong Kong
Police Force who were recruited from County and Borough
Police Forces in this country.
The Governor of Hong Kong has come to the
conclusion that some of these men recruited during 1945
and 1946 had grounds for supposing that their pension
rights would not be entirely abrogated on resignation
from the parent force. He is therefore proposing to
introduce legislation whereby the Hong Kong Government will
accept full pension liability in respect of police service
in the United Kingdom of former members of County and
Borough Forces who were recruited for service with the
which will
British Military Administration in Hong Kong, thus bringing
we them benefits comparable with those
them into line with former members of the Metropolitan
enjoyed by former members of the Hetropolitan Police
Elite This concession will take the form of suplementary (
Affainted to Tk.
FURTHER ACTION.
letter to Ulster
Recine for
Note on
of officers
personal files
named in
enclosed list.
pension calculated in the manner in which pension are
normally assessed in these County or Borough Forces and
payable in due course to those officers who qualify
for a pension from Hong Kong funds under the ordinary
pension law, in the same way as former members of the
Metropolitan Police will receive a supplementary pension
separato
from United Kingdom funds based on their salaries and
length of service in that Force, upon retirement from
/servi