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DL Benest, FCO

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PD 231 21341

20 December 1977

1. enest in A Personnel ervices Jopertment wrote to you on 21 ovember about tlo ruscgnition of promotion in absentia for the purposa. cf be "overnOĽN

.ension oncro.

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First way I say that I fully endorse Benost's line of reasoning that in th cang of a Governor serving on condment from the bus who revirus at the i of like Lovernorship without returning to tan , then that Dovernor could :-31 find stir in a disadvanta, tous position if promotion in bountie is not recognise! for pension purposes.

3. 87 not surs that I would entirely agree howevar atth Tunest': vim that the quoution is 'n much wider che". A M officer on second.ent to a Arvernorshin could normally expect to return to 20 service before final retirement and i? te Lad been pronot a in absentia luring his ters as Governor he would then return so a port appropriate to his new grade-following his retirement as Governor.

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In such circumstances, under the torus of the draft if the Governor was over the age of 50 at the end of his Governorship and set the period of service qualifications he could either:-

(1) opt for a Governor's pension based on final salary and len th of

service as Governor (such pension being subject to abatement during his subsequent period of re-employaent in the Baj and on ultimate retirement from the Du he would be eligible for an aggregated 100 aard based on final salary in the for the whole of his 3 service, or he may under section 3.12 of the draft GF, elect that instead of being granted a pencion under the GID the POOPS shall apply to him an if his service as Covernor had been passo. in the

In that event on Final retirement his pension would be cased on total 50 fovernorship service and in final salary in the 99.

(2)

lowever in the particular case of Sir Murray Maclehose we have come up against an anomalcus citation. understani ir

urray was appointed on secondment to the Governorsip of hong kong at the age of 54. Normally, as i said earlier, an cricer in his position could have expected to return to the 20 before final retire...ent but in his case special considerations have led to his term of Lovernorship being extended and it is now clear that he will retire from the Governorship or Long Song without returning to the . Unless the point on promotion in absentia is concedea

Or Burrag

/could...