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Brief No 1
MORNING, MONDAY 2 OCTOBER
MEETING WITH THE SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATION (MR I F MACPHERSON)
Ir Macpherson's job description as given by his predecessor is:
Oversight of government structure and management standards; provision of central services; production of the annual development plan; provision and utilisation of government offices and quarters; anti-corruption policy; protocol; servicing Councils; policy for the judiciary and common user departments
Sources of Information
he receive the following:
Laily
weekly
Fortnightly
Gist
Daily Information Bulletin
South China Morning Fost
The Star
Hong Kong Standard
Extracts from the Chinese Press (sporadic)
Opinion
The week in Hong Kong
ExCo Memoranda and Minutes
Far Eastern Economic Review
LegCo Minutes
In all cases the delay in receipt is approximately 1 week. We also receive a number of quarterly and annual reports from eg Government Departments and Eanks.
We are pursuing the possibility of receiving the Hong Kong
Economic Journal.