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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1988
THE CHIEF SECRETARY REITERATED THAT THE JUDICIARY WOULD NOT BE COMMON LAW, WOULD AFFECTED AND THE LEGAL SYSTEM, BASED UPON BRITISH REMAIN INTACT AND BASICALLY UNALTERED BY THE CHANGEOVER.
OF
EXPATRIATE
"A LARGE NUMBER TERRITORY AFTER 1997," HE SAID.
JUDGES
WILL
REMAIN
IN
THE
IN DISCUSSION
A WOULD TAKE
REGION OF HONG KONG, BUT
CHINA,
NEW OATH OF
THE
ON JULY 1, 1997, THE LEGISLATURE ALLEGIANCE TO THE SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE UNDER
UNDER CURRENTLY INDIVIDUALS WOULD NOT CHANGE, SIR DAVID SAID.
ARRANGEMENTS
WOULD NOT CHANGE,
THE STRUCTURE OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT NOR WOULD THE VAST MAJORITY OF ITS OFFICIALS, HE NOTED.
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THE CHIEF SECRETARY POINTED OUT THAT ALREADY MANY SENIOR SERVANTS IN POSITIONS OF THE HIGHEST RESPONSIBILITY WERE CHINESE, THAT THE PRESENT TREND WAS TOWARDS A GRADUAL DECLINE IN THE NUMBER EXPATRIATES IN THE GOVERNMENT.
AND OF
"NOT THAT THE EXPATRIATES WILL IN ANY SENSE BE UNWELCOME
то 1997:
WAY THE CHINESE HAVE GONE OUT OF THEIR
EMPHASISE, OF POLICE, HOW MUCH THEY VALUE INSTANCE TO THE COMMISSIONER
HOPED THAT THEY WILL CONTRIBUTION OF THE EXPATRIATES, AND HOW THEY STAY ON," SIR DAVID SAID.
AFTER
FOR
THE
GOVERNMENT
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"WE ESTIMATE THAT A SIZEABLE PROPORTION OF HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS WILL BE EXPATRIATE FOR MANY YEARS AFTER 1997,
THE CHIEF SECRETARY ALSO NOTED THAT SEMI-GOVERNMENTAL
INDEPENDENT
AGAINST INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS THE AND THE TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL WOULD CONTINUE AS BEFORE,
BE CONTROLLED
COMMISSION
CORRUPTION
THE BORDER WOULD
BY HONG KONG'S IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT; VEHICLES WOULD CONTINUE TO TRAVEL ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE CURRENCY ROAD; THE HONG KONG DOLLAR WOULD REMAIN A FREELY CONVERTIBLE
REMAIN A FEATURE OF INDEPENDENT OF THE RMB; AND HORSE RACING WOULD HONG KONG LIFE, SIR DAVID SAID.
HE POINTED OUT THAT THE JOINT DECLARATION GUARANTEED THE THE SAME FREEDOMS AFTER 1997 AS BEFORE.
PRESS
KONG AFTER
"I HAVE MENTIONED THAT THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF HONG 1997 WILL BE A HONG KONG PERSON, RATHER THAN A CADRE FROM PEKING.
WHOLE,
H
"THIS PRINCIPLE APPLIES ACROSS THE GOVERNMENT AND SOCIETY AS
SIR DAVID SAID.
THIS MEANT HONG KONG PEOPLE WOULD RULE HONG KONG, HE ADDED,
"THERE WILL
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