lump sum at the time of retirement, and the principles for arriving at the scale of compensation would result in a rate somewhat higher that that established for those who are free to continue to serve;
(c) Whatever the circumstances in which an officer retires as a result of constitutional change, it would normally be desirable that salary changes made after the introduction of the compensation scheme but before the officer retires should be reflected in the sums payable; (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 by an additional payment to those who elect to serve.
5. The conditions and principles set out in paragraphs 3 and 4 above are stated to come into effect respectively on HMG in the United Kingdom ceasing to have responsibility for the Govenment of the territory on that territory attaining self government and the Secretary of State's ultimate responsibility for the public service being transferred to an executive Public Service Commission.
But Cmnd 1193 recognised that the problems that confront the public service begin to have
to have effect well before change actually takes place and continue long after it:
"So far as the Civil Servant is concerned the sense of vocation which led him into the Public Service in an overseas territory still remains but he is beset by uncertainty as to the extent to which he will be able to
to fulfil it under the new conditions; his status in public affairs is changing and very often he and perhaps his family also are subject to discomfort stemming naturally from a period of rapid political change; and until reassurance is given to him on the shape of his future he must live through a period of extreme
extreme doubt about the years ahead." (para 4). executive Public Service Commission has not been established in Hong Kong and there is no certainty that it will be. Hong Kong will not attain self government; but the British Government will cease to be responsible for Hong Kong in 1997 and the Secretary of State will cease to have responsibility for its public service.
The letters received from members of HMOCS in the last weeks show much of the uncertainty and doubt anticipated in Cmnd 1193. Sir Geoffrey Howe, then Foreign Secretary, recognised that the position of Hong Kong was not essentially different from tha that of other dependent territories when he minuted to the Prime Minister in 1985:
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"Assurances given in the past to HMOCS have not distinguished between those serving in different places and I cannot see how we can justify introducing such a distinction now. since we have accepted that constitutional change in Hong Kong raises comparable problems
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