TNAG-2424-FCO40-3526-Hong-Kong-Her-Majesty-s-Overseas-Civil-Service-(HMOCS)-poli-1992 — Page 218

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pension at normal retiring age. provision on a change of employment;

the relatively high salaries, with consequences for retiring benefits, received by many Hong Kong HMOCS officers, by comparison with HMOCS officers in former dependent territories and public servants in the United Kingdom; and

the evolution of the public service in the United Kingdom with changing expectations since the 1960s of continued employment by the same employers.

the small number of posts for overseas officers in the remaining Dependent Territories and the consequent impossibility that these could accommodate more than a handful of Hong Kong HMOCS officers.

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HMG wishes to contribute to a smooth transition in 1997 /to ensure the maximum measure of continuity so as to assist in maintaining the economic prosperity and social stability of Hong Kong and the lifestyle, rights and freedoms of Hong Kong people.

The provisions of the Hong Kong limited compensation scheme have also been a relevant consideration in the drawing up of the proposed Scheme.

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