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in Hong Kong;

(11)

Chinese officers, especially the more senior

ones, are uneasy about their future, particularly as

they are pledged to a Colonial Government.

The proposals for the new Dependent Territories Branch

of the Diplomatic Service have not yet been worked out in

detail and they have still to be cleared with the Treasury. 6. Hong Kong have accepted that the scheme seems appro- priate for the dependent territories generally and they will

do their best to fall in with the arrangements approved for

other territories.

7.

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Opposition in principle in Hong Kong may come

(1) from Chinese administrative officers and

unofficial members of the Legislative Council and the

Public Service Commission on the grounds that the

terms and conditions of service for expatriate offi- cers should be the same as those for Chinese officers,

and

(11) from expatriate officers in the professional

and executive classes who may claim parity of treat-

ment with their colleagues in the administrative ser-

vice.

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8. It will be some time before the new UK based service can

Meanwhile Hong Kong hope to be able to recruit

be inaugurated.

6 administrative officers from UK universities this year.

They have also put in a request for the secondment from the UK

Civil Service of the Diplomatic Service of 6 administrative

officers at Staff Grade C or SAO level and 10 executive offi-

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cers aged between 30 and 40.

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Hong Kong Department

April 1972

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