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Expatriate Inspector's Association

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Honourable Douglas

Hurd

Right

Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

Sir,

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M.P.

The following paragraphs will outline Some main areas of concern to

members of the Expatriate Inspectors' Association of the Royal Hong Kong Police

Force which are heightened by the lack of progress in obtaining answers from Her Majesty's Government.

Nationality

Irrespective of the Hong Kong Government's mistaken belief that

'Nationality is of no concern to this Association; we would point out that many of

our members are experiencing problems in obtaining the right of abode for their

spouses in the United Kingdom.

We have seen correspondence which states that a Police Officer serving

in the Royal Hong Kong Police Force may be deemed to be in 'a Service specially designated under Section 2 (3) of the British Nationality Act 1981, however there

has been no definitive statement to the effect that Police Officers recruited in

the United Kingdom are in either Crown Service or in a service that has been

specially designated.

The lack of this definitive statement is becoming а matter of considerable concern to the extent that officers are seriously considering leaving the service of the Royal Hong Kong Police Force and returning to the United Kingdom to obtain the necessary residential qualification for their spouses.

Membership of Her Majesty's Overseas Civil Service (HMOCS)

There are considerable fears for the future of the Expatriate Inspectorate and those Association members who are enrolled in HMOCS are naturally looking to that body to provide security since it is the assessment of the Expatriate Inspectors'

Royal Hong Kong Police Headquarters, Arsenal Street, Hong Kong.

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