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COPY DAVID COATES PEKING, ALAN PAUL UKREP LG HONG KONG.
CHINESE INTEREST IN SENIOR CIVIL SERVANTS
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WE UNDERSTAND THE CHINESE ARE SHOWING INCREASING INTEREST IN THE MORE SENIOR RANKS OF LOCAL CIVIL SERVANTS, AND IN PARTICULAR THAT THEY HAVE BEEN TALKING TO INDIVIDUALS AND ASKING THEM TO FILL IN PRO-FORMA ABOUT THEMSELVES AND THEIR INTENTIONS. SO FAR
THIS SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN REASONABLY WELL RECEIVED BY CIVIL
SERVANTS.
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WE FIND THIS AN INTERESTING AND, POSSIBLY, IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENT. THERE HAVE BEEN SIGNS SINCE CHEN ZIYINGS VISIT TO
HONG KONG LATE LAST YEAR OF AN INCREASED CHINESE INTEREST IN BUILDING BRIDGES TO THE CIVIL SERVICE, AND SEEKING TO REASSURE PEOPLE ABOUT CONTINUITY. BUT IT LOOKS AS IF THIS IS ALREADY MOVING INTO A MORE SYSTEMATIC CULTIVATION OF INDIVIDUALS. HOW WOULD YOU VIEW IT IF THESE BECAME MORE FREQUENT OR THE CHINESE STARTED TO INDICATE TO CERTAIN OFFICIALS THAT THEY MAY FIGURE PROMINENTLY IN CHINA S FUTURE PLANS FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE POST
1997?
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FOR ONCE THE CHINESE ARE THE DEMANDEURS. BUT THEY SEEM TO BE DEVELOPING THEIR OWN QUIET, UNILATERAL APPROACH IN ADVANCE OF A RESUMED DIALOGUE WITH US OVER PRINCIPAL OFFICIALS. DO YOU FEEL FULLY SIGHTED ON WHAT IS GOING ON? SHOULD WE BE TRYING TO TIE THEIR APPROACHES INTO A STRATEGY ON CIVIL SERVICE/PRINCIPAL OFFICIALS MATTERS AGREED WITH US? AT FIRST SIGHT, THE FACT THAT THE CHINESE ARE BECOMING ACTIVE IN THIS AREA REINFORCES THE CASE
FOR THE NEW GOVERNOR MAKING THIS WHOLE SUBJECT A PRIORITY FOR
DISCUSSING WITH THE CHINESE. WHAT DO YOU THINK?
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