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GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT

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Mr M V Stone

Hong Kong Department

Foreign and Commonwealth Office London SWIA ZAH

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I should be grateful for your advice on the appropriate reply to be given to an enquiry from Mr Gerald Michael Godfrey.

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Mr Godfrey was born in England on 30 July 1933. appointed Judge of the High Court on agreement terms on 24 November 1986. He now applies for transfer to the permanent establishment. However, he would first want to seek an Answer to the following question :

"If, after lat July 1997. the government of the Hong Kong SAR fails or refuses to pay the peneione payable to retired judges under the Judicial Officers Pensions Scheme, will the UK government assume the liability to do

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You had given advice on the subject of pension safeguards in paragraph 1 of your telegram No. 1869 dated 14 September 1989. We would be grateful for your advice on whether a similar line should be taken in our reply to the Judge.

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Yours faithfully,

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(CK Cheng)

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