TNAG-2685-FCO40-3886-Hong-Kong-Her-Majesty-s-Overseas-Civil-Service-(HMOCS)-poli-1993 — Page 94

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MDHIAN 8197

CONFIDENTIAL

FM HONG KONG

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELNO 156

HKA 233/1

OF 030445Z FEBRUARY 93

U3 FEB 1993

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INFO ROUTINE PEKING UKREPILE HONG KONG

TOP COPY

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на ввіка,

FOR RICKETTS, HKD.

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FROM WATERS, CSB.

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YOUR TELNO 51: HMOCS: ARRANGEMENTS FOR OFFICERS TRANSFERRING FROM CONTRACT TO PENSIONABLE SERVICE AND TO HMOCS STATUS.

1. ALL OFFICERS WHO MIGHT BE AFFECTED HAVE BEEN GIVEN INDIVIDUAL COPIES OF THE STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE. IN ADDITION THE STATEMENT HAS BEEN ISSUED TO THE HMOCS ASSOCIATION AND THE ASSOCIATION OF EXPATRIATE CIVIL SERVANTS.

2.

THE STATEMENT HAS BEEN GENERALLY WELL RECEIVED AND INTERPRETED BY MANY AS A SIGN THAT THINGS ARE ON THE MOVE. WE HAVE HAD VERY FEW QUERIES. IN RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS ABOUT COUNTING BOUGHT BACK SERVICE, WE HAVE TAKEN THE LINE THAT THIS IS ONLY FOR THE PURPOSES OF ANY HMOCS COMPENSATION SCHEME AND NOT STERLING PENSION SAFEGUARDS. PLEASE CONFIRM THAT THIS IS CORRECT.

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DISTRIBUTION

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