GIS/L/310
FROM: DIS (TOMMY HAHN) TO
ALL OVERSEAS OFFICES
JUN 20, 1986, FRIDAY
AD
IONAL ROUNDUP
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HKK 292/2
RECEIVE REGIS
TOPICS:
DEATH OF SIR SHIV-KIN TANG LOCALISATION
NO RIGHT OF ABODE FOR EXPATRIATES PRIVY COUNCIL JUDGMENT ON LOITERING HOUSING
FINA
SMOOTH SAILING FOR SHIPPING REGISTER DB'S DIVIDED OVER DAYA BAY
MTRC TO RAISE DLR750 MILLION
2 5 JUN 1986
BY
PA
Action Taken
DEATH OF SIR SHIU-KIN TANG THE DEATH OF SIR SHIV-KIN TANG WAS GIVEN PROMINENT COVERAGE BY BOTH SCMP AND HK STANDARD. SIR SHIU-KIN DIED YESTERDAY MORNING IN THE HK SANATORIUM AT THE AGE OF $5.
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THE POST CARRIED A FULL PAGE OF TRIBUTES TO THE LATE SIR SHIU-
THE GOVERNOR WAS AMONG SENIOR GOVT OFFICIALS TO PRAISE SIR SHIU- ΚΙΝ.
SIR EDWARD SAID SIR SHIU-KIN WAS A +VERY GREAT BENEFACTOR+ WHO HAD GIVEN +LONG AND HONOURABLE+ SERVICE TO HK.
COMMUNITY AND BUSINESS LEADERS ALL EXPRESSED THEIR DEEP REGRET ON HEARING OF SIR SHIU-KIN'S DEATH.
SIR S.Y. CHUNG SAID SIR SHIU-KIN WAS A GREAT PHILANTHROPIST. THE LATE SIR SHIU-KIN IS REPORTED TO HAVE GIVEN AWAY AT LEAST DLR100 MILLION IN DONATIONS TO WORTHY CAUSES DURING HIS LIFE TIME. THE HK STANDARD CARRIED AN EDITORIAL PRAISING SIR SHIV-KIN'S BENEVOLENCE.
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LOCALISATION THE SCMP REPORTED IN ITS FRONT PAGE IHAT FIFTEEN OF HK'S TOP SECRETARIAT POSTS WILL BE FILLED BY LOCALS BY 4896, WITH ONLY THREE HELD BY OVERSEAS STAFF, ACCORDING TO THE GOVT'S NEW PLAN REQUIRING EXPATRIATE OFFICERS TO RETIRE AT THE AGE OF 57.
THE FIGURES WERE REVEALED TO THE SCMP YESTERDAY BY THE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE, MR DAVID FORD.
THE PAPER QUOTED MR FORD AS SAYING THAT THE NEW POLICY WAS AIMED AT GROOMING MORE LOCAL OFFICERS TO SENIOR POSITIONS TO ENSURE A SMOOTH TRANSITION TO 1997.
IT SAID THE LOCALISATION DRIVE IN THE TOP POSTS IS TO HELP THE FORMATION OF THE SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION, WHERE PRINCIPAL OFFICIALS ARE TO BE LOCALS, AS STIPULATED IN THE JOINT DECLARATION.
NO RIGHT OF ABODE FOR EXPATRIATES IN ANOTHER FRONT PAGE REPORT, THE SCMP SAID THAT THE NEW-STYLE ID CARDS ISSUED TO EXPATRIATES WILL NOT STATE THAT THEY HAVE THE RIGHT OF ABODE IN HK.
THE PAPER SAID EVEN IF THE EXPATRIATES HAVE LIVED IN THE TERRITORY FOR MORE THAN SEVEN YEARS, THEY WILL NOT BE AUTOMATICALLY ENTITLED TO THE ABODE CLASSIFICATION BECAUSE THEIR PASSPORTS GIVE RIGHT OF ABODE IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY.
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IT SAID THE NEW RIGHT OF ABODE CARDS WILL BE ISSUED TO HK RESIDENTS WHO HOLD A BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORY CITIZENS PASSPORT, OR A NEW BRITISH NATIONALS (OVERSEAS) PASSPORT TO BE ISSUED ON JULY 1 NEXT YEAR OR A CERTIFICATE OF IDENTITY.
THE PAPER SAID THAT IF A LOCAL RESIDENT POSSESSES NONE OF THESE DOCUMENTS, HE WILL HAVE TO PROVE HE HAS LIVED IN HK FOR MORE THAN SEVEN YEARS TO GET THE NEW CARD.
THE POST CARRIED AN EDITORIAL SAYING THE ISSUE OF NEW ID CARDS IS A BLUNDER.
IT SAID THAT THIS IS THE CONCLUSION THAT MOST OF HK WILL DRAW FROM THIS WEEK'S EXTRAORDINARY DISPLAY OF RETICENCE BY MEMBERS OF LEGCO'S FINANCE COMMITTEE OVER THE ISSUING OF NEW ID CARDS.
IN A RELATED ARTICLE, THE SCMP SAID THAT NEW LAWS DEFINING THE RIGHT OF ABODE SHOULD BE READY FOR LEGCO'S SCRUTINY BY SEPTEMBER.
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