CONFIDENTIAL
COMMENTS ON DRAFT SUBMISSION ON
GENERAL INCENTIVE/COMPENSATION SCHEME
1.
In its present form, paragraph 5 unnecessarily restricts the apparent
scope for moving from a traditional compensation scheme. It would be better
balanced if reference were made to the need identified in the White Paper to
match the terms of future schemes to the circumstances prevailing in each
territory.
"The 1960 White Paper stated that the terms of future compensation
schemes must remain a matter to be settled in the light of circumstances
prevailing in each territory, but set out the broad principles that
2.
Similarly, paragraph 7 should emphasise the importance of the guarantees
in the Joint Declaration which mean that HMOCS officers need suffer no loss of
career. This can be achieved by:
3.
independent.
Furthermore the Joint Declaration on Hong Kong
guarantees a continuing career for serving officers on no worse terms
than those prevailing in 1997. But Ministers
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"Full-blown" and "in varying degrees" could be omitted from the final
sentence of paragraph 8.
4.
To ensure that the Governor is not seen, in paragraph 9, to be pursuing a
traditional scheme, the first sentence could read:
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strongly believes that some form of general incentive/compensation
scheme is essential if key
5.
We should indicate in paragraph 10 that we wish these officers to convert
to permanent terms.
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join HMOES.
It is in the interests of stability that as many of
these as possible are persuaded to become permanent. However they argue
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