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for the Civil
the
lunch with
(Division Chief,
Service, Chen repeated the same points. At
members of the Urban Council, Mr Li Hexie
Foreign Affairs Department, NCNA) echoed
some members' opposition to the constitutional proposals.
10.
He
Wang Guisheng enquired at the briefing by the
Deputy Secretary for Home Affairs, whether there had been
discussions by District Boards on the Governor's
proposals.
was told that SHA and his deputies were in
of consulting all DB members and that the
initial feedback indicated that most people supported
further development in the representative government
system, although some DB members were against the specific
proposal of deleting all appointed seats in 1995.
the process
Other points of interest
11.
The delegation had a brief meeting with the Deputy to the Governor. Sir David Ford remarked that Hong Kong
was fortunate to have a loyal, dedicated and stable civil
service. Recruitment, even for sensitive posts such as police and administrative officers, had been strong. Some
civil servants, however, had worries
particularly at a time when relations
middle and senior
about the future,
Some had fears that their
with the PRC was not good.
loyalty to the Hong Kong Government might affect their
future, and that they might be held responsible for existing policies with which the Chinese Government might disagree. In response, Wang Guisheng acknowledged that the
worries of middle and senior civil servants were
He said that the policy of the PRC was
clear, ie. Hong Kong civil service should remain stable and
stay on to serve the HKSAR, and that civil servants with
foreign nationality could stay on after 1997. He also
commented that civil servants who had shown devotion to the
present Hong Kong Government would not be penalised after
understandable.
1997.
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