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5 Lead that-

The amendment's made. to the third sentence (which appear to extinguish all have of sending Administrative Grade officers) will prove most discouraging

to the Governor.

Administrative groups.

in Hong Kong

comprise two sequents of a ti-scale Corresponding to the Dyplomatic Service

to and including First

Grades up

Secretary; Paragraphs 6 and 7

can be no

5 think there

question about the desirability

of officers remaming of service (although s

on

Their own

Terms

see that Somebody

has questioned this point in para 6 of the draft); experience with Dyplomatic Service officers seconded to the Political Adrien's Office has shown that this is preferable to trying to fit such officere into the Hong Kong Salary structure.

The minuter shows, however, that the knock-for-knock financial arrangement proposed by the Geremer does require further careful examination (as the draft states in para 7).

My

estimate

The cost-

cost of posting to

Hong Kong a Grade 5A officer

on

a 4 of my minute)

maximoin (para

much too low.

his

wan

The cast (salary plus

allowances) would appear

to be of the

order of 27921 p.a. of which £4470

would be recovered from H.K., leaving a debut balance of ₤3451. The Hong Viong officer world cost about 25-185-p.a. of which H.K. would recover £3721, leaving a debut babance of £1464. The disparities would be reduced to the extent that the relief of H.K. Fax accorded by U.K. Fax authorities in less than the relief of U.K. tax accorded by H.K. Fax authorities Nevertheless there exchanges must constitute

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