TNAG-2710-FCO40-3916-House-of-Commons-Select-Committee-on-Foreign-Affairs-and-Par-1993 — Page 205

FOI PRU USE ONLY

85

PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION

HOUSE OF COMMONS: FOR WRITTEN ANSWER

HEAD OF

Please submit:

to Parliamentary Relations Unit before

DATE TABLED:

HKD

25/03/93

a draft answer and background

WHITE O.P. DATE

FOR

30/03/93

SERIAL NO:

2324

PRIORITY

ORITY

QUESTION

NOON

29/03/93

WRITTEN ANSWER ON

30/03/93

MR ROBERT PARRY [LIVERPOOL, RIVERSIDE] [LA]

To ask the Secretary of State:

No 811 what agreement has been reached with the Chinese

Government regarding the payment of pensions to retired civil servants of the Hong Kong Government; and Ir will make a statement.

HKB 011/6 RECEIVED IN REGISTRY

2 APR 13

FOR ANSWER BY

DESK OFFICER

MLZA

PA

REGISTRY Action Taken

TO-P

MR GOODLAD

(Minister)

Ars 2913

for approval by

NOON

30

PQs

Reply

ANSWER

We

MR COODLAD

(Minister)

(HMG) reached the following agreement with the

Chinese Government in the Sino-British Joint Declaration of 1984: that "The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government shall pay to such persons (public servants) who retire or complete their contracts, as well as to those who have retired before 1 July 1997, or to their dependants, all pensions, gratuities, allowances and benefits due to them on terms no less favourable than before, and irrespective of their nationality or place of residence." This provision is repeated in the Basic Law, the Chinese constitution for Hong Kong after 1997.

Copy to:

Private Secretary

PS/

(Minister)

Parliamentary Clerk

LED TODAY FOR FILING

TULO

Authorised

beth

(Head of Dept)'

pa.

21/4

میں