WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 198′
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QUEEN REAFFIRMS OBLIGATIONS TO HK
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IN HER SPEECH AT THE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT TODAY (WEDNESDAY), HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN, REAFFIRMED THAT THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT WOULD CONTINUE TO DISCHARGE THE IR OBLIGATIONS TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.
AT THE CEREMONY TO MARK THE OPENING OF THE NEW SESSION OF PARLIAMENT, ATTENDED BY BOTH LORDS AND MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, HER MAJESTY REFERRED TO HONG KONG VERY EARLY IN HER SPEECH WHICH OUTLINED THE GOVERNMENT'S MAIN PROPOSALS FOR THE PARLIAMENTARY SESSION 1985/86.
HER MAJESTY SAID: WHILE HONOUR ING THE IR UNDERTAKINGS TO THE PEOPLE OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS, MY GOVERNMENT WILL CONTINUE TO SEEK MORE NORMAL RELATIONS WITH ARGENTINA.
+THEY WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO DISCHARGE THEIR OBLIGATIONS TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG AND WILL PROPOSE PROVISIONS TO IMPLEMENT THE NATIONALITY ARRANGEMENTS ARISING FROM THE SINO- BRITISH JOINT DECLARATION.+
HER MAJESTY ALSO SAID SHE LOOKED FORWARD TO PAYING A STATE VISIT TO CHINA AND VISITING HONG KONG IN OCTOBER.
NO EASY RIDE IN CIVIL SERVICE, SAYS LIAO
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THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DONALD LIAO TOLD YOUNG PEOPLE TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT A CAREER IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE OF HONG KONG WOULD BE A CHALLENGING AND REWARDING EXPERIENCE.
+ THE CONTINUITY OF EXPERTISE AND DEDICATION TO PUBLIC SERVICE ARE THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS FOR DEVELOPING OUR REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT, MR LIAO SAID.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE CIVIL SERVICE CAREERS EXHIBITION 1985, MR LIAO SAID A CAREER IN THE CIVIL SERVICE CATERED TO THOSE WHO WISHED TO EMBARK ON A VOYAGE WHICH HAD NO PRECEDENT IN THE HISTORY OF POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT.
+THIS WILL BE NO TIME FOR THE FAINT-HEARTED, OR THE GRADUATE LOOKING FOR AN EASY RIDE, HE SAID.
HE POINTED OUT THAT THE CALL FOR NEW BLOOD TO JOIN THE CIVIL SERVICE EVERY YEAR WAS NOT JUST A ROUTINE EXERCISE.
+ IT IS A CALL FOR THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN DEVOTING A LIFE-LONG CAREER TO A UNIQUE SERVICE.
/+THIS IS