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5. CHIMIL SERVANTS SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE, DAVID FORD,
SAND IN THE SCMP THAT AS A RESULT OF THE NEW POLICY REQUIRING
EXPATRIATE OFFICERS TO RETRE AT THE AGE OF 57, BY 1992 HALF OF THE SECRETARY LEVEL POSTS WOULD BE OCCUPIED BY LOCAL OFFICERS. BY
1996 FIFTEEN OF THESE EIGHTEEN POSTS WOULD BE HELD BY LOCAL
OFFICERS. HE SAID OFFICERS AFFECTED BY THE LOCALIZATION
PROGRAMME IN THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT, THE POLICE AND THE JUDICIARY WOULD BE COMPENSATED. PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION OF EXPATRIATE
CIVIL SERVANTS JOHN WALTON-MASTERS SAID THAT THE NEW POLICY WAS
DISCRIMINATHING AND ILLEGAL. THE ASSOCIPATIPON COULD BRING A CASE OF
*'UNJUST DISCRIMINATION'' TO HK COURTS AND TO THE INTERNATIONAL
COURT OF JUSTICE IN THE HAGUE.
6. MACAU : THE MEMBERS OF THE CHINESE AND PORTUGUESE TEAMS FOR THE TALKS ON THE FUTURE OF MACAU WERE ANNOUNECED ON Q18 JUNE. THE CHINESE TEAM WOULD BE HEADED BY FOREIGN MINISTER ZHOU NAN.
THE OTHER MEMBERS WERE KE ZHENPHING, SHAO TANREN, KE ZAMSHUO,
ZHU HUA AND ZHAO JUHUA. THE PORTUGUESE TEAM WOULD BE LED BY THE PORTUGUESE AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS RUN BARBOSA MEDINA. WEN WE PO REPORTED THAT AFTER THE NEGOTIAIONS WHICH WOULD BE HELD ONCE EVERY THIRTY OR FORTY-FIVE DAYS UNTIL A SETTLEMENT WAS REACHED, A JOINT DECLARATION WOULD BE ISSUED. FORMER MACAU GOVERNOR REAR-ADMIRAL VASCO DE ALMEIDA E COSTA SAND IN AN INTERVIEW
#IN LIMBSON THAT CHIENA AND PORTUGAL DID NOT HAVE TO FOLLOW THE HONG KONG SOLUT PON. HE SAID THAT THE TERRITORY'S STABILITY AND PROSPERITY SHOULD BE MAINTAINED AND THAT THERE SHOULD BE A PERMOD
OF TRANSITION BEFORE SOVEREIGNTY WAS REGAINED BY CHINA. THE
DEPUTY MANAGER OF THE NAM KONG COMPANY, LEE YU-KEN TOLD
ATV-C THAT SUBMISSIONS TO THE COMPANY ON MACAU'S FUTURE SHOWED
THAT PEOPLE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE USE OF CHINESE AS THE OFFICIAL
LANGUAGE: THE STRUCTURE OF THE CIVIL SERVICE AND THEIR OWN
INTERESTS.
7. OTHERS : LEGCO UNOFFICIALS DECIDED TO ASK THE GOVERNMENT TO *NCLUDE N THE 1987 REVIEW OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT A REVIEW OF THE NUMBER OF OFFICIALS N LEGCO. THOSE SUPPORTING AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF OFFICIALS FELT EFFICIENTY OF THE COUNCIL WOULD
BE IMPROVED AND QUESTIONS REAISED BY UNOFFICIALS WOULD BE ANSWERED
MORE SATISFACTORILY. SOME UNOFFICIALS OPPOSED AN INCREASE ON THE GROUNDS THAT IT WOULD BE AGINST THE PRINCIPLES OF THE WHITE PAPER
ON REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT. CHEN BOJHAN DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF NCNA
HONG KONG BRANCH SAND HTS COVERAGE OF ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL
NEWS WOULD BE INCREASED. THE FOCUS WOULD BE ON THE ASIA PACIFIC
REGION. FINANCIAL BULLETINS ON FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES, GOLD PRICES,
AND KOMMODITIES WOULD BE ISSUED. THE REPORTS, QUOTING NCNA HONG KONG DIRECTOR XU JHATUN AND PROMINENT HONG KONG BUSINESSMAN L KA-SHING, THAT CHINESE LEADER DENG XIAOPING WOULD NOT (NOT) RETIRE NEXT YEAR RECEIVED EXTENSIVE PRESS COVERAGE.
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