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WAS QUOTED (8.9) AS SAYING THE BL HAD STIPULATED THERE SHOULD BE NO CHANGE IN THE CIVIL SERVICE AFTER 1997. BY THAT IT MEANT THAT THE CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM SHOULD REMAIN AS IT WAS AT THE TIME WHEN THE JD WAS FORMULATED. AFTER THAT, ANY CHANGES MADE BY THE BRITISH SIDE WERE 'FALSE STARTS'. ALL THESE FALSE STARTS WHICH CONTRAVENED THE BL WOULD BE NULL AND VOID AFTER 1997. WHEN ASKED WHY THE CHINESE SIDE HAD NOT RAISED ANY OBJECTION WHEN THE REGULATION CONCERNING THE PARTICIPATION OF CIVIL SERVANTS IN POLITICAL PARTIES WAS INTRODUCED IN 1990, LU SAID THE HKG WAS MAKING CHANGES IN THE FORM OF INTERNAL GUIDELINES BUT NOW IT WAS MAKING THE CHANGES PUBLICLY. THE CHINESE SIDE THEREFORE HAD TO EXPRESS ITS OBJECTION.
HANG DONGFANG.
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A DISPATCH BY CNA (6.9) CRITICISED THE GOVERNOR AND THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR LINKING THE HAN CASE WITH HONG KONG PEOPLE'S FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT AFTER 1997 AND ALLEGED THIS MISLED THE PUBLIC AND ADDED TO HONG KONG PEOPLE'S WORRIES AND DISTRUST BETWEEN BRITAIN AND CHINA. RATHER THAN WASTING ITS EFFORTS ON CHINA'S INTERNAL AFFAIRS, THE HKG SHOULD RESOLVE PROBLEMS ON SOCIAL ISSUES AND THE NEW POLICY FOR EXPATRIATE CIVIL SERVANTS.
22. SOME PAPERS (6.9) QUOTED NCNA HONG KONG BRANCH DEPUTY
DIRECTOR QIN WENJUN AS SAYING THE HAN CASE WAS ENTIRELY AN INTERNAL MATTER FOR CHINA. THE LINKING OF THE HAN CASE WITH HONG KONG PEOPLE'S FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT AFTER 1997 WAS ILL-INTENDED. ANOTHER NCNA HONG KONG BRANCH OFFICIAL, LEE WAI-TING, WAS QUOTED AS SAYING HKG OFFICIALS' LINKING THE HAN CASE TO HONG KONG PEOPLE'S FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT AFTER 1997 WAS AIMED AT UNDERMINING THE RELATIONS BETWEEN HONG KONG PEOPLE AND CHINA AND CAUSING UNNECESSARY WORRIES AMONG HONG KONG PEOPLE.
AIRPORT.
23. THE PAPERS NOTED IN GOOD COVERAGE (6.9) A CNS DISPATCH IN WHICH HKMAO DIRECTOR WANG QIREN WAS QUOTED AS SAYING THE CHINESE SIDE HAD ALL ALONG SUPPORTED THE BUILDING OF A COST-EFFECTIVE AIRPORT BUT THE TWO SIDES STILL HAD DIFFERENCES OVER THE FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS.
TRAVEL DOCUMENTS.
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SPEAKING AT A MEETING WITH A HONG KONG AND MACAU WOMEN'S GROUP, LU PING SAID (7.9) CHINA WAS CONSIDERING THE QUESTION
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