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IMMEDIATE

CYPHER CAT A

FM HONG KONG 231015Z

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HKA 412/393/4.

RASVED IN 7LPY NO. 31

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29 MAR1978

No K

PA

Victon Taken

LAXI

978

19,22

TO IMMEDIATE F C O TELNO 372 OF 23 MARCH 1978.

FOR QUANTRILL FROM ROWLANDS.

POLICE RETIREMENTS: CR 55

YOUR TEL 242 AND MIPT.

02

THE FOLLOWING IS IN ANSWER TO YOUR TELEPHONE QUERY.

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2. ORDINARILY WE USE THE TERM 'RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES AND TERMINAL BENEFITS OF OFFICE', TO MEAN PENSIONS, GRATUITIES AND ANY ENTITLEMENT TO LEAVE, PASSAGES, TRAVELLING AND BAGGAGE ALLOWANCES, MEDICAL AND DENTAL FACILITIES AND QUARTERS.

3. IN THE CASES BEING CONSIDERED, PENSIONS AND GRATUITIES WILL BE

PAYABLE. PASSAGES, TRAVELLING AND BAGGAGE ALLOWANCES WILL NOT APPLY AS NO EXPATRIATES ARE INVOLVED AND RIGHTS TO RETAIN QUARTERS UP TO SIX MONTHS WILL BE GIVEN. HOWEVER, LEAVE WILL NOT BE GRANTED. THOSE GRANTED PENSIONS WILL RETAIN RIGHTS TO MEDICAL AND DENTAL FACILITIES AS PENSIONERS UNDER CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS 900 AND 950. THOSE WITH LESS THAN 10 YEARS SERVICE WILL

ONLY RECEIVE GRATUITIES AND WILL NOT BE ELEGIBLE FOR MEDICAL AND

DENTAL FACILITIES.

4. I SHOULD PERHAPS STRESS HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT ALL THE CFFICERS IN QUESTION SHOULD CEASE TO BE POLICE OFFICERS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH THE LETTERS ARE SERVED ON THEM. TO GRANT THEM ANY LEAVE WOULD NEGATE THIS.

5. IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES AND IN THE LIGHT OF YOUR ADVICE THAT PENSIONS/GRATUITIES MAY BE GRANTED UNDER SECTION 7 OF THE PENSIONS ORDINANCE, WE PROPOSE TO SUBSTITUTE THE FOLLOWING FOR PARAGRAPH 2 OF THE DRAFT LETTER CONTAINED IN MY TELNO 356:

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