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TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 1013
INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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YOUR TELNO 1252 AND OUR TELNOS 1776, 1777, 1778 AND 2257 OF 1989:
(1) REVIEW OF DEPENDENT PENSION BENEFITS
(2) PENSIONABILITY OF SERVICE UNDER AGE 18
WE HAVE NOW COMPLETED STAFF CONSULTATION ON THESE ISSUES. IN THE LIGHT OF STAFF COMMENTS AND GAD'S ACTUARIAL ASSESSMENTS, THE PROPOSALS REGARDING DEPENDENT PENSION BENEFITS HAVE BEEN FINALISED. THESE ARE SET OUT IN A DRAFT EXCO PAPER WHICH WE ARE FAXING TO MS MAJOR (HKD) AND C. PIGOTT (PEKING). THE PROPOSALS ARE LARGELY THE SAME AS THOSE IN THE EARLIER PAPERS FAXED TO YOU IN JUNE 1989.
2. ACTION IS ALREADY IN HAND TO AMEND THE RELEVANT LEGISLATION TO
PROVIDE FOR PENSIONABILITY OF SERVICE UNDER THE AGE OF 18.
3. AS ADVISED EARLIER WE PROPOSE TO INFORM THE CHINESE THROUGH UKREP BEFORE THE PROPOSALS ARE IMPLEMENTED. TO THIS END MIFT CONTAINS A DRAFT SPEAKING NOTE MODELLED ON THE DRAFTS IN OUR SECOND
AND THIRD TUR.
4. GRATEFUL FOR EARLY COMMENTS.
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