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consultation with staff, but the intentions of modernising the pensions scheme and reducing the future pensions liability of the SAR Government will be maintained.

7.

Details of the proposed new scheme were to put to the

Staff Sides of the three Consultative Councils at the end of

August. Initial reaction has been favourable. The Chinese

were informed about the consultations at the first meeting of

the Joint Liaison Group.

to discuss the

We undertook

proposals with the Chinese once the

completed. The Chinese merely took note.

consultations

were

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