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From: R S Barratt, CBE, QPM.
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HM CHIEF INSPECTOR OF CONSTABULARY
QUEEN ANNE'S GATE
LONDON SWIH 9AT
Алаг диети,
HONG KONG POLICE:
31st July 1987.
FUTURE PROSPECTS
We recently discussed the above matter, following receipt of the papers you copied to me on 23rd July. Since then I have spoken with Raymon Anning and I am now able to respond to your original query.
Mr Anning accepts there can be no general exemption for ex Hong Kong officers returned to, or entering, the UK. Obviously they will be subject to whatever arrangements HM Government and Parliament may reach. He is, however, particularly concerned regarding the position of expatriate officers serving at the time of the handover in 1997, and who opt to serve beyond that time in the interests of efficiency. Mr Anning would ideally wish to see some form of declaration that such officers would not be debarred from seeking public service posts when they eventually return to the UK because they had worked in a communist state. He considers that similar safeguards were also necessary for their children so that they were not disadvantaged by their parents' service in seeking employment in the UK.
The political and diplomatic aspects of this matter must obviously be resolved elsewhere. With specific regard to an ex Royal Hong Kong Police Officer applying to join a UK force, application would be processed in the normal way providing the applicant met the entrance standards of the force. Clearly past police experience would stand an applicant in good stead but equally such experience would not guarantee his acceptance. you are well aware, all UK forces have physical criteria in relation to height, weight and eyesight, which varies slightly
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