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WILL RECALL THAT CONTINUING BRITISH ADMINISTRATION WAS THE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE OF HMG FOR A FULL YEAR AFTER THE NEGOTIATIONS STARTED IN 1982. IT IS ALSO WORTH REMEMBERING THAT WHEN MOST MEMBERS HERE JOINED HMOCS IT WAS A CAREER SERVICE IN WHICH OFFICERS COULD BE TRANSFERRED FROM ONE TERRITORY TO ANOTHER. THE FACT THAT OTHER TERRITORIES ACHIEVED INDEPENDENCE YEARS AGO DOES NOT MEAN THAT HONG KONG HMOCS OFFICERS SHOULD BE REGARDED OR
TREATED DIFFERENTLY.
12. LOCAL CIVIL SERVICE SALARIES REFLECT THE COST OF HONG KONG LIVING AND LONG-ESTABLISHED CRITERIA ON COMPARABILITY WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR. IF THESE CRITERIA ARE DIFFERENT FROM THOSE NOW FOLLOWED IN THE UK, THAT IS NO REASON WHY HONG KONG HMOCS OFFICERS SHOULD NOT ENJOY THE SAME LEVEL OF PROTECTION AS HMOCS OFFICERS DID IN OTHER TERRITORIES. WHEN THEY JOINED HMOCS THEY HAD EVERY REASON TO BELIEVE THIS WOULD BE THE CASE AND WOULD NOT HAVE OTHERWISE JOINED.
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