TNAG-2428-FCO40-3530-Hong-Kong-Her-Majesty-s-Overseas-Civil-Service-(HMOCS)-poli-1992 — Page 3

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FCS/92/192

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Hong Kong: Arrangements for HM Overseas Civil Service

1. We agreed at our meeting on 2 July that officials should set out a range of costed options for meeting the legitimate expectations of HMOCS officers, and that we should meet again in the autumn.

2.

Officials have now reached agreement on the options, and a paper setting them out will be finalised within the

next few days.

3. I copied to you the Governor's letter to me of

13 October on this, and my reply. He is concerned that 560 this issue should be resolved as soon as possible, and

certainly before the end of this year.

I share his concern

and believe the time has come for us to settle this

difficult matter once and for all.

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office.

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I hope it will be possible for us to agree a revised package of benefits for Hong Kong HMOCS officers before the Governor returns on 15 November. If necessary, we could conclude any resolved points in OPD (K) on 18 November, which the Governor will attend. If we are to stick to this timetable you and I will need to meet next week and our offices are in touch about timings. I plan to let you have my views on the options, and on a package which we could reasonably put to HMOCS members, as soon as the paper is

finalised.

DH.

(DOUGLAS HURD)

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

5 November 1992

CONFIDENTIAL