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change to local contract or pensionable terms; or
(a) the policy of appointing
officers/expatriate
children of overseaS
employees on overseas terms
irrespective of the merits of the case or the wishes
of the candidate concerned.
suld
22.
that
argone + prevent these This are not manent
iridurti.
Article 21 of the Bill of Rights confers rights од
"permanent residents" of Hong Kong.
isacion posi
Persons other than permanent residents have no right of
access to the public service under Article 21 (or, indeed,
under any other provision Of the Bill of Rights).
Preserving employment in the public service for local
people is similarly recognised in Article 48(4) of the
(establishing the European Economic
excludes "employment
Treaty of Rome
Community). This
sexvice" from
from the scope of
scope
employment
without
in the public
of the right to
the right to equality in
discrimination on the ground of
nationality.
23.
But to
(whether by reference to any of the distinctions mentioned
in Article 1(1) of the Bill of Rights or by reference to
any other unreasonable restriction),
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