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same place so as to avoid favouritism and corruption.
of what geographical level, eg.
then raised the
regions, province,
question
cities etc, was the system applied to,
-with
concern over
mind.
'Hong Kong people ruling Hong Kong' in
Officials of the Ministry of Personnel answer the
question in a straight forward manner, failing to detect
our inner
raise the
concerns.
Chang, however, was smart enough to
very question
question during the dinner with officials
from the Ministry, and we were assured that the system
would not apply to Special Administrative Region.
12.
Fund.
At one of the official dinners, Chang all of a
sudden raised with me a question concerning the HKSARG Land
He asked what were my views on the Land Fund's
purchase of HIT shares.
I said that I was not in a
capacity to give an official view, but from the angle of an
average Hong Kong resident, I would like to see that Land
Fund investment, nade on economically rational decisions
and sound legal basis, fetched good returns. Chang,
knowing this was a sensitive subject, did not press
further. That was the only occasion during the visit where
I was sounded by Chinese officials on contentious issue.
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