WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1988
THAT THE PAST SPEAKING IN THE POLICY DEBATE, MR CHEONG NOTED
MORE EXPLANATION FEW YEARS HAD SEEN MORE INFORMATION BEING RELEASED,
AND MORE INITIATIVE TO INTERACT BY THE GOVERNMENT OF ITS POLICIES WITH THE PUBLIC BY WAY OF CONSULTATION.
THE DIRECTION WAS SOMEWHAT SLOW, HE SAID.
RIGHT, BUT
THE PACE
OF
OPENING
UP WAS
HAD NOT BEEN FORTHCOMING
BEEN FULL ENOUGH; THOROUGH ENOUGH, HE
INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED, BUT THAT ENOUGH; EXPLANATIONS WERE GIVEN, BUT THEY HAD NOT CONSULTATIONS WERE DONE, BUT THESE HAD NOT BEEN
ADDED.
OUT OF ITS OLD то FEND OFF FLAK BUT
MR CHEONG SAID THE GOVERNMENT NEEDED TO COME AIR-TIGHT ARMOUR SUIT WHICH MIGHT SERVE WELL WOULD ALSO INHIBIT ITS FLUID MOVEMENT.
THE FIRST ISSUES FOR THE
THIS, HE SAID, WAS PERHAPS ONE OF PROPOSED THINK TANK TO DO SOME GOOD THINKING ABOUT.
IT MUST BE UNDERSTOOD HUMAN BEINGS AND THEY WERE EQUALLY
TURNING TO THE CIVIL SERVICE, HE SAID THAT CIVIL SERVANTS WERE JUST WORRIED ABOUT THEIR FUTURE.
THIS MIGHT BE
PARTICULARLY
SO
THE WITH
TOP THINKING OF TAKING OFFICERS. MANY OF THEM MIGHT BE
IN POLICIES IN A FEW YEARS' TIME OR SETTLING FOR GOOD FANCIED.
ADMINISTRATIVE OUT INSURANCE WHEREVER THEY
HARDLY
THIS FRAME OF MIND, PLAGUED BY UNCERTAINTY, TO THE LONG-TERM COMMITMENT NECESSARY IN DEALING WITH THE LONG-TERM PROBLEMS.
CONTRIBUTED TERRITORY'S
"WOULD SUCH
NEGATIVE
MIND
OF
HAVE
THEIR FRAME
INFLUENCED THAT MAY HAVE LONG-TERM JUDGEMENT WHEN THEY TOOK VIEWS ON POLICIES
BE A POSSIBILITY
POLICY THAT EFFECTS ON HONG KONG? COULD THERE
UNDUE DELAY OR EVEN COMMITMENTS WHICH HAVE LONGER TERM EFFECTS GET PUSHED ASIDE?" HE QUESTIONED.
HOW TO PUT THE HEARTS OF
STABILISE THE CIVIL SERVICE
+
CIVIL
SERVANTS AT
-
WAS
EASE AND HENCE THE BACKBONE OF HONG KONG'S FUTURE
CONCERNED ONE OF THE BURNING ISSUES TO BE ADDRESSED BY ALL PARTIES CHINA, THE UK AND HONG KONG, HE SAID.
URGED
REFERRING TO THE PROBLEM OF A LABOUR SHORTAGE, MR CHEONG
UP
A WORKING PARTY COMPRISING SET
IMMEDIATELY THE GOVERNMENT TO LEADERS FROM GOVERNMENT, BUSINESS AND LABOUR SECTORS.
DEVISE THE WORKING PARTY WOULD EXAMINE THE PROBLEM IN FULL AND
THAT WOULD BE IN THE CONCRETE PROPOSALS FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION LONG-TERM INTEREST OF HONG KONG'S CONTINUED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
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