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8. BASIC LAW: ECONOMIC JOURNAL SAID HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AND LEGCO SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN THE DRAFTING OF THE BASHC LAW AS THE SUCCESS OF THE JLG AND LAND COMMISSION MEETINGS SHOWED THAT AN INPUT FROM GOVERNMENT OFFIC-MALS ANCREASED EFFICIENCY. TIN TIN DAILY NEWS URGED BLCC MEMBERS TO COME UP WITH CONCRETE SUGGESTIONS FOR HNCLUSION IN THE BASIC LAW INSTEAD OF REPEATING PRINCIPLES ALREADY STATED N THE JOINT DECLARATION. THE SCMP SAND ON THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE FORMATION OF THE BLDC THAT HONG KONG MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE EXPRESSED THE WIEW THAT THE FUTURE POLITICAL STRUCTURE AND THE PEKING/HONG KONG RELATIONSHIP WERE THE THORNIEST ISSUES TO BE TACKLED IN THE YEARS TO COME. FOUR MEMBERS EXPRESSED SATISFACTION WITH THE COMMITTEE'S PERFORMANCE IN THE PAST YEAR. THE STANDARD SAND THE BLCC WAS EXPECTED TO RECOMMEND THAT HONG KONG RESIDENTS WHO HELD A FOREIGN PASSPORT SHOULD NOT (NOT) BE ALLOWED TO TAKE OFFICE #N THE LEGISLATURE OR BE APPOINTED TO TOP POSTS IN THE
GOVERNMENT AFTER 1997.
9. JLG: THE POST REPORTED THAT THE JLG EXPERT SUB-GROUP TALKS ON CIVIL AVIATION ENDED WITH BOTH SIDES DECLARING THAT A "FRUHTFUL
RESULT'' HAD BEED ACHIEVED. THE BRITISH AND CHIMNESE SHIPPING
EXPERTS HAD DISCUSSED A PROPOSAL TO SET UP A SEPARATE SHIPPING REGISTER IN HONG KONG. THE REGISTER TO BE SET UP ON HONG KONG BEFORE 1997, SHOULD BE ABLE TO CONTINUE OPERATING SMOOTHLY AFTER CHINA RESUMED SOVEREIGNTY OF THE TERRITORY.
10. LAND COMMISSION: TONG YUEKHON OF THE TA KUNG PAO SAND THAT HE INVESTMENT OF THE SAR LAND FUND BOOSTED THE FUND, IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO HONG KONG'S FUTURE AND SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN AS **DRAWING ON THE LAND FUND WHICH WOULD BE AGAINST THE JOINT DECLARATHON. TODAY'S ECONOMIC JOURNAL SUGGESTED THAT A CLAUSE BE ADDED TO ANNEX OF THE JOINT DECLARATION TO MAKE IT LEGAL FOR THE CHINESE SIDE OF THE LAND COMMISSION TO MANAGE THE SAR REVENUE. A GROUP COMPRISING BANKERS FROM CHINA, HONG KONG AND BRINTAIN WOULD BE APPOINTED TO ADVISE ON THE MANAGEMENT OF THE
FUND. THE CHINESE SIMDE SHOULD GIVE AN UNDERTAKING TO HAND OVER
THE ENTIRE FUND TO THE SAR GOVERNMENT.
11. CAMIL SERVANTS : THE SCMP SAND THE AECS HAD CALLED FOR AN EXTENSIVE ADVISORY COMMITTEE SYSTEM TO RETAIN THE PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE OF EXPATRIATE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS. THIS WOULD GIVE
EXPATRINATES A CHANCE TO PLAY AN ACTIVE ROLE IN POLICY MAKING WITHOUT HUNDERING LOCALIZATION. MA SHULEUNG CHAIRMAN OF THE SENHOR NON-EXPATRIMATE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION DESCRIBED THE EXPATRIATE ISSUE
AS A STORM IN A TEA CUP. HE SAID THE PROCESS OF LOCALIZATION WAS
FAR TOO SLOW.
12. NATIONALITY: THE SCMP SAND HONG KONG'S WAR VETERANS WERE FACING MAJOR IMMIGRATION HURDLES DESPITE HAVING BEEN GRANTED RIGHT OF ABODE IN BRITAIN. MEMBERS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR VETERANS ASSOCIATION HAD BEEN TOLD THAT THEY DID NOT (NOT) AUTOMATICALLY QUALIFY FOR UK PASSPORTS WITH RIGHT OF ABODE. THEY WOULD HAVE TO LIVE IN BRITAIN FOR FOUR YEARS IN ORDER TO OBTAIN A BRITISH PASSPORT, THEY HAD BEEN TOLD.
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