TNAG-2050-FCO40-2920-Visits-by-Lord-Caithness--Minister-of-State-for-Foreign-and--1990 — Page 93

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Foreign and Commonwealth Office

London SW1A 2AH

8 November 1990

Per Me

Baithwaite,

HKB 026/34

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY

2 1 NOV 1990

DESK OFFICE: INDEX

FY

Lord Caithness has asked me to thank your letter ken of 20 September about various issues of concern to members of your Association. Lord Caithness was glad have bad the opportunity to meet you and other representatives of the Superintendent's Association during his recent visit to Hong Kong and to have heard your views at first hand.

turn.

(1)

You raise a number of points which I shall deal with in

Membership of Her Majesty's Overseas Civil Service

(HMOCS)

We are giving very careful thought to how we can meet the concerns of HMOCS members who will be affected by the change of sovereignty in 1997 but we are not yet in a position to make an announcement.

I can assure you that eligibility for any possible future special arrangements made for HMOCS members who are affected by the change of sovereignty will not be affected by whether or not they have transferred to the new pension scheme.

(2) Status of Non-British Wives of HMOCS Members

It may be helpful if I set out the position in detail.

Under the Immigration Rules, the spouse of a British citizen is entitled to accompany him or her to the UK for settlement at any time before or after 1997 provided that certain requirements are met. These are as follows:

i) that the primary purpose of the marriage was not to obtain admission to the United Kingdom;

Mr K Braithwaite

Ag Chairman

Superintendents Association

Royal Hong Kong Police Force

Police Headquarters

Arsenal Street

Hong Kong

/ii) that the

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