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ANOTHER IMPLICATION WAS THAT THE CAREER PROSPECTS OF EXPATRIATE OFFICERS COULD NOT BE AS GOOD AS THEY HAD BEEN IN THE PAST.
BUT THE MAINTENANCE OF THE EFFICIENCY AND STABILITY OF THE SERVICE WAS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS THE NEED FOR ACCELERATED LOCALISATION, SHE SAID.
EXPATRIATES HAD BEEN SERVING HONG KONG WELL, WORKING IN HARMONY WITH AN INCREASING PROPORTION OF LOCAL OFFICERS.
+WE MUST NOT PURSUE LOCALISATION SO SINGLE-MINDEDLY AS TO GIVE THE EXPATRIATES THE FEELING THAT THERE IS NO FUTURE AT ALL FOR THEM,+ MISS DUNN SAID,
MANAGEMENT OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE, AND OF HONG KONG AFFAIRS GENERALLY, WOULD REQUIRE A GREAT DEAL MORE IMAGINATION AND UNDERSTANDING THAN EVER BEFORE, SHE STATED.
LEGCO MEMBER MAY CHANGE MIND ON DEATH PENALTY *****
THE HON PETER C. WONG SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY HE MIGHT BE PERSUADED TO REVIEW HIS STAND ON THE DEATH PENALTY,
SPEAKING IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR WONG SAID HE SHARED THE GOVERNOR'S CONCERN OVER THE HIGH INCIDENCE OF TRIAD AND GANG CRIMES, AND SERIOUS AND VIOLENT CRIMES COMMITTED BY YOUNG MEN.
+THE PREVALENT USE OF FIREARMS IN THE COMMISSION OF CRIMES MUST BE DEPLORED, + MR WONG SAID.
+THE LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS REFERRED TO BY YOUR EXCELLENCY ARE THEREFORE ENCOURAGING.
+ IN MY VIEW, THERE IS PROBABLY NO BETTER DETERRENT THAN THE PROVISION OF INCREASED PENALTIES AND THE IMPOSITION OF HEAVIER SENTENCES.+
ON THE DEATH PENALTY AS THE +SUPREME PUNISHMENT+, MR WONG SAID, +1 HAVE ALWAYS CONSIDERED MYSELF AN ABOLITIONIST, BUT WITH THE HIGH INCIDENCE OF SERIOUS AND VIOLENT CRIMES AND THE ADVENT OF A NEW ERA MAY BE PERSUADED TO REVIEW MY STANCE.+
+MY OWN VIEW IS THAT IF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG HAD THE IP SAY MANY CONVICTED MURDERERS NOW SERVING THEIR COMMUTED LIFE IMPRISONMENT WOULD HAVE FORFEITED THEIR LIVES FOR THE HEINOUS CRIMES THEY COMMITTED.+
/HE ADDED