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布政司署

香港下亞畢道

*** Our Ref : MCI/WM/1

來函溜號 YOUR REF:

Dear Mr. McIntyre,

GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT

LOWER ALBERT ROAD

HONG KONG

20 September 1985

Thank you for your letter of 9 September 1985.

In so far as the arrangements for pensions payments,

provision for compensation and alternative employment upon loss of career are concerned, I can assure you that in transferring from agreement terms to pensionable terms with previous service bought back as pensionable service, you are not placed in a less favourable position than had you been appointed to the pensionable establishment as from your date of first appointment.

In reply to your second question, an officer's eligibility for membership of Her Majesty's Overseas Civil Service (HMCCS) is defined under the Special Regulations by the Secretary of State for the Colonies as follows

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(2) if he is an expatriate officer

who has

subsequently been appointed to a pensionable office either on probation or as a confirmed officer, and was either

(a) selected for appointment, by or with the

approval of the Secretary of State, or (b) recruited through the Crown Agents, or (c) otherwise recruited to a post for which

a normal channel of recruitment is either the Colonial Office or the Crown Agents"

Mr. W.M. McIntyre,

Chief Inspector of Police,

c/o Royal Hong Kong Police Force, Hong Kong.

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