ARESIDENT:
The Lord Grey of Naunton, GCMG GCVO OBE
.CRETARY:
D. Stenton
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The Hon. Francis Maude, M..,
Minister of State,
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Dear Minister,
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26 January, 1990
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Cre of our associate members serving in the Royal Hong Kong Police Force has sent us a copy of your letter of 21st August 1989 to his Member of Parliament, who had written to the Secretary of State on 26th July regarding the police officer's future in the service in Hong Kong. Your letter has caused considerable disquiet in the Service in Hong Kong as it seems to go back on some of the assurances which have previously been given.
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Whilst the second paragraph of your letter reflects the first graph of Section IV of Annex I of the Joint Declaration, the emphasis on all public servants may remain' is weakened by the latter part of the second paragraph of that Section, as now reflected in Article 100 of the February 1939 Draft of the Basic Law, by excluding employment in a number of major posts. The holders of those posts in 1997 if not 'Chinese citizens among permanent residents of the Region' will have to retire and the restriction of those costs to Chinese citizens will reduce the promotion opportun- ities for non-Chinese citizens who are holding lower posts.
In the debates in both Houses of Parliament Ministers have
ily said (for example: Baroness Young in the House of Lords 10.12.84 Hansard col.82
he resumption of screze
over Hong Kong by the People's Republic of China raises similar issues in respect of EMOOS as independence has other dependent territories.
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can assure (Lord Grisley) however that Her Majesty's Government have very much in mind the concerns of EXOCS 022icers which he has mentioned as well as those of other Hong Kong civil
servants."
This assurance was repeated and amplified in Mr. Luce's letter to ze dated 15th April 1985 when in particular he said:
"he Government accept that we should aim to achieve suitable compensation arrange ents for members of MOCS (and indeed for other pensionable overseas civil servants in Hong Kong) who are affected by the Sino-British agreement and the Chie? Secretary of Hong Kong has accepted in the legislature that there will need to be a compensation scheme for those expatriate civil servants who are affected in 1997 by the terme
agreement.
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