Paras 16 and 17 of the White Paper, following on from an earlier statement that "it remains the policy of Her Majesty's Government that compensation for loss of career is payable on premature retirement to members of HMOCS", discussed existing and future compensation schemes. no reference here to excepting Hong Kong or any other dependent territories from the principles laid down:
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"The problems to be solved vary from territory to territory and it would therefore not be proper, even if it were possible to seek to anticipate the discussion of future schemes by prescribing their details in advance. Nevertheless there are certain broad principles, which in the opinion of HMG should be applied in any future compensation schemes in order to reflect the interests of both the officers and the government concerned. Among those principles are the following:
(a) When the Secretary of State's control passes to an Executive Public Service Commission, overseas officers should be entitled to retire with compensation calculated with actuarial advice and taking account of age, salary and length of service. Where officers are free to continue in service, it is undesirable that compensation should be paid in a form which would constitute an inducement to retire, as has been the case in some earlier schemes. The method adopted for the payment of compensation may well vary from territory to territory in accordance with local conditions, and would only be decided upon after full discussion with the staff association concerned and in agreement with the local government;
(d) Compensation schemes should also provide an inducement to individual officers to continue to serve, so long as their services are required. This might be done by a variety of means such as the payment of compensation by instalments where officers can continue to serve if they wish or an additional payment to those who elect to stay."
Paragraph 32 of the White Paper discussed continuing recruitment from the UK and noted "In recent years it has been the invariable practice of the Colonial Office to explain the uncertainties of an overseas career together with the safeguards to all candidates for pensionable appointments; and this will continue to be done in the future."
- In 1964, Mr Robert Carr, Secretary for Technical Co-operation, assured Sir James Robertson, President of the Overseas Pensioners Association, that HMG would not stand aside, and would ensure the payment of pensions in the event of a default; he also stated that "if for any reason it should so happen in relation to the payment of a pension that
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