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(A)

(B)

File No.

Crown Solicitor (Mr. Wingfield)

PERSONAL

Page

HROCS Arrangements

for

HMG

is presently drawing up a package of proposals

members of HMOCS in Hong Kong arising from the loss of the the transfer of

the HMOCS obligation are

Secretary

sovereignty in

of

State's authority

1997.

of Details

upen

provided in the enclosed note A. These obligations have been met in full in all the 42 other HMOCS territories.

The

consider

HK

HMOCS Association have indicated that they

seeking judicial review

HMG in the

and Sterling

HK

against

2.

would

event that the

scheme HMOCS compensation pension safeguard arrangements differ significantly from the arrangements accorded to HMOCS officers in other territories. A copy of the Association's views on judicial review are in

the enclosed note B.

3.

whether the

; review

I should be grateful for your general advice on Association could advance a case for judicial

and in

compensation scheme which

particular

if

you

differed

think

that

an

HMOCS

significantly

from

traditional practice in all those other HMOCS territories

could be considered

review.

"arbitrary" and thus subject to judicial

a2

(M.J.C. Waters)

PAS (CS) Dev

4.5.93