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8. REPORTS NOTED (9.2) T S LO ADVOCATED GROOMING ABOUT 30-40 UNIVERSITY GRADUATES AS ''ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS'' TO REPLACE HK CIVIL SERVANTS WHO WOULD QUIT WHEN THE SARG TOOK OVER. UNVEILING PLANS TO SET UP A ''TAKEOVER COMMITTEE'', MR LO SAID IT WAS NECESSARY TO HAVE AN ORGANISATION TO ASSUME POWER AFTER 1997 AND IT WOULD BE BETTER TO HAVE ONE WHICH WAS SIMILAR TO THE EXISTING ADMINISTRATION. HE CONSIDERED ABOUT 30 PEOPLE WOULD BE ENOUGH TO TAKE UP VACANT POSITIONS IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE RANK IN 1997. THEY WOULD ENJOY PAY AND BENEFITS COMPARABLE TO THOSE WORKING IN THE HKG AT PRESENT. MR LO DENIED THE COMMITTEE WOULD BE THE BASIS OF A SHADOW GOVERNMENT. HE SAID IT WOULD NOT REPLACE THE EXISTING ADMINISTRATION AND WOULD ONLY OVERSEE TRANSITIONAL MATTERS IN THE
RUN-UP TO 1997.
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9. PAPERS NOTED (8.2) HKMAO VICE DIRECTOR CHEN ZIYING TOLD A VISITING NEW TERRITORIES DELEGATION THAT HE HOPED THE GOVERNOR WOULD CHANGE HIS COURSE AND RETURN TO THE CORRECT PATH. IF HE INSISTED ON HIS WAYS, THEN HE WOULD HAVE TO TAKE THE CONSEQUENCES.
10. REPORTS NOTED (7.2) UDHK LEGISLATORS WOULD PROPOSE A MOTION DEBATE IN LEGCO CALLING ON THE GOVERNMENT TO CONDUCT A REFERENDUM ON THE POLITICAL PACKAGE. NCNA VICE DIRECTOR ZHANG JUNSHENG DESCRIBED SUCH A SUGGESTION AS ''RIDICULOUS'' AND SAID TRANSITIONAL MATTERS SHOULD BE DEALT WITH BETWEEN CHINA AND BRITAIN.
11. CHINESE VICE PREMIER WU XUEQIAN INDICATED (9.2) THE CHINESE SIDE STILL LOOKED FORWARD TO A SMOOTH TRANSITION IN 1997. HE STRESSED HK ISSUES SHOULD BE BASED ON THE BL. HE HOPED THE GOVERNOR WOULD GO BACK TO THE TRACK OF THE JD.
12. REPORTS NOTED (10.2) EXCO HAD COMPLETED DELIBERATIONS ON THE GOVERNOR'S REFORM PACKAGE AND IT WAS BELIEVED NO MAJOR CHANGES WOULD BE MADE BEFORE IT WAS TABLED IN LEGCO. A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID LEGCO HAD COMPLETED DISCUSSIONS AND THE BILLS WOULD BE GAZETTED IN A WEEK OR TWO.
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