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IN CONFIDENCE

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5.

a proportion of the sum so

made on 30 June 1997, the

the Secretary of State has

(b) A first payment of

calculated will be

last day on which

responsibilities in respect of serving officers

of HMOCS in Hong Kong, to all HMOCS officers who

are in the service of HKG on that date;

(c)

Subsequent payments will be made at annual intervals to officers, who were members of HMOCS

on 30 June 1997 and who are in the service of

the Hong Kong SARG on the date of the subsequent

payment.

Amongst the matters of detail which we wish to discuss with HMOCS officers' representatives are

(a) Whether the period

(b)

over which the phasing of

payments after the initial one will take place should span the whole of the officers' remaining

career in service of the Hong Kong SAR

Government or some lesser period.

that an

We consider

officer should receive his maximum

continues in

possible entitlement only if he service until the end of the phasing period.

For.

Whether the first and subsequent payments should

be made annually in equal proportions or whether

there should be some sort of "loading".

example, to increase the benefit to those who

are committed to continue in the service of the

SARG, the proportion of the total entitlement which is paid

paid in each year could increase to reach a peak in the final year.

IN

CONFIDENCE