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M.R.
what you have said about future employment of expats
is encouraging. However recently the HK Government
has been taking certain measures which seem to point
in a different direction; it has ceased recruiting
overseas officers on pensionable terms last year.
It used to be fairly easy to transfer from contract
to P & P, the option was always available.
transfer now is very difficult, only 2 or 3 outside
the Police have been successful. Contract renewal has been tight.
To
I cannot comment on what the British HK Government
is doing. In 12 years before 1997 this matter is
for the British Government.
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Obviously some regard will be had for China's view
on the matter. What worries is uncertainty.
HK is moving towards a position :-
(a) they know you will like; or
(b) they think you will like.
Perhaps
As far as I know the Hong Kong Government and the
British did not discuss it with us. I know that
overseas officers are not very happy and do not have
high morale. On our part we hope overseas officers
will be stable, we hope they will have long term
employment in Hong Kong.
I would like to give Mr. Watson a chance to speak
since he is an agreement officer.
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