Due to my service in lived most of his life here. Armed Forces has come about disciplined organisation and Forces.
Hong Kong, my son was born and has His interest in serving with the partially through my service through its connections with
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Between the ages of eleven and almost fourteen attended a boarding school at Scarborough, North Yorkshire. removed him from that school because he was not receiving sufficient guidance towards an "all round" education and returned him to school in Hong Kong where I could provide the advice and supervision required. If he had remained at that boarding school until now, he would have gained the residence qualification required for Royal Air Force entry but, in my opinion, ૩. the expense of qualities of character and ability that he has since developed.
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My Son enquired first about the application pursuing now at the Royal Air Force Careers Office in Darlington, Co. Durham some five years ago. He was interviewed and asked to complete forms so that the Royal Air Force could keep in touch with him. He visited that office again in the summer of 1989 after completing his GCSE "O" Level Examinations. Your Careers Officers kept him appraised by post of career opportunities. Finally,
he was interviewed in Hong Kong on 18th October, 1990 by Recruiting Team, led by Squadron Leader John Long, Royal Air Force and, I believe made a very favourable impression.
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At neither his
earlier interviews at the Royal Air Force Careers Office in Darlington nor his interview in Hong Kong was he informed that his lack of residence in the United Kingdom would be
a major barrier to his application.
In the latter
interview I am led to believe that the residence qualification was mentioned but my son was told that it could be waived easily because of his and my antecedents. The waiver was mentioned
again in your letter to him dated the 20th December, 1990. Thus, for સ considerable period of time my son has been led to believe that his residence in Hong Kong would not be a barrier to his application because of the close connections he has with Britain.
Lastly
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although I
request
for reconsideration on behalf of my son, my own feelings on the matter are very strong. I feel that despite my service for the Crown in Hong Kong which, quite naturally, has resulted in my son being born and living here in British territory, no consideration for those factors has been given by another authority under Crown which is barring my son from competition to serve.
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