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+ I THINK HIS EXPERIENCE IN HONG KONG IS UNIQUE.
I THINK IT
IS VERY GOOD FOR HONG KONG, IT IS VERY GOOD FOR THE GOVERNMENT AND I'M PERSONALLY VERY PLEASED ABOUT IT, HE SAID,
MR FORD ADDED THAT HIS FUTURE WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH SIR DAVID WOULD BE A VERY GOOD ONE.
ASKED WHETHER THERE WOULD BE ANY OVERLAP IN THE WORK BETWEEN THE CHIEF SECRETARY AND THE SPECIAL ADVISER, MR FORD SAID THE BASIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE GOVERNOR AND THE CHIEF SECRETARY WOULD BE UNCHANGED.
IN REPLY TO A SIMILAR QUESTION FROM REPORTERS EARLIER TH DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SERVICES, MRS IRENE YAU, ŠAIDI +THERE VERY CLEARLY DEFINED STRUCTURE IN THE HONG KONG ADMINISTRATION AND IN THE RESPECTIVE ROLES OF THE GOVERNOR, CHIE CROTARY, POLITICAL ADVISER AND BRANCH SECRETARIES.
+THERE WILL BE NO CHANGE TO THIS STRUCTURE · IT WILL BE FOR. THE GOVERNOR TO DECIDE WHEN TO SEEK THE ADVICE OF THE SPECIAL ADVISER, SHE ADDED.
ASKED WHETHER THE SPECIAL ADVISER WOULD HAVE ANY SPECIAL TASK: MRS YAU SAID IT WAS NOT ENVISAGED THAT HE WOULD BE GIVEN PARTICULAR SUBJECTS TO DEAL WITH ON AN EXECUTIVE BASIS.
APPOINTMENT TO JLG ANNOUNCED
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THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT MR ROBIN MCLAREN, AT PRESENT BRITISH AMBASSADOR TO THE PHILIPPINES WILL SUCCEED SIR DAVID WILSON AS SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BRITISH SIDE ON THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT LIAISON GROUP ON HONG KONG
THIS IS CONSEQUENT UPON HIS APPOINTMENT TO SUCCEED $IR DAY AS ASSISTANT UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE (ASIA) AT THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE.
THERE WILL BE ONE FURTHER CHANGE TO THE BRITISH SIDE FOR 4 THE NEXT MEETING OF THE JLG, WHICH WILL BE HELD IN HONG KONG FROM MARCH 17 TO 20: MR DICK CLIFT, POLITICAL ADVISER IN HONG KONG, WILL SUCCEED MR BOYD, THE FORMER POLITICAL ADVISER, AS A MEMBER OF THE GROUP.
IT HAS ALSO BEEN ANNOUNCED THAT MR DONALD LIAO, THE SEGRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, WILL REPLACE MR ERIC HO AS A MEMBRES OF THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP AFTER THE FORTHCOMING MEETING.
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