MONDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1989
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REFERRING TO THE "BRAIN DRAIN" PROBLEM, SIR DAVID SAID HONG WAS KONG WAS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO DEAL WITH IT, AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR PLAYING ITS FART.
"MANY MULTINATIONAL BANKS AND BUSINESSES ARE MAKING IT EASIER FOR THEIR KEY STAFF TO OBTAIN FOREIGN PASSPORTS BY ASSIGNING THEM OVERSEAS, HE SAID.
"THIS GIVES THÊM THE SECURITY THEY FEEL THEY NEED TO COME BACK AND WORK IN HONG KONG.
"MANY FIRMS ARE ALSO EXPANDING THEIR ABILITY TO RECRUIT IN THE LARGE AND WELL-ESTABLISHED CHINESE COMMUNITIES WHICH HAVE SPREAD OVERSEAS.
"BUT THESE ARE ONLY PARTIAL SOLUTIONS. WE WOULD MUCH PREFER SOLUTIONS WHICH DO NOT REQUIRE PEOPLE TO LEAVE.
THE GOVERNOR SAID THAT NONETHELESS HE SHOULD LIKE TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT AS A FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE, THE GOVERNMENT WOULD NEVER STOP THOSE WHO WISHED TO LEAVE.
HE HOPED THAT AS MANY AS POSSIBLE WOULD REALISE WHAT AN ATTRACTIVE PLACE HONG KONG WAS, SO THAT THEY RETURNED AND CONTRIBUTED TO ITS SUCCESS.
SIR DAVID ALSO SAID THAT WHERE THERE WERE GAPS IN THE SKILLS AND TALENTS NEEDED, HONG KONG MUST PLAN ΤΟ REPLACE THEM, AND HE REFERRED TO THE AMBITIOUS PROGRAMME FOR EXPANDING TERTIARY EDUCATION OUTLINED IN HIS POLICY ADDRESS.
TURNING TO THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP, SIR DAVID SAID A VITAL POINT IN MAKING THE AGREEMENT WORK WOULD BE MAINTAINING THE CONTINUITY OF AN ADMINISTRATION WHICH WAS SEPARATE FROM THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT IN PEKING.
"THE GOVERNMENT OF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION, AND ITS CIVIL SERVICE, WILL BE MADE UP FROM MEN AND WOMEN FROM HONG KONG, HE SAID.
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"THERE IS NO QUESTION OF A GROUP OF BRITISH OFFICIALS HANDING THE ADMINISTRATION OVER TO ANOTHER GROUP FROM PEKING AT MIDNIGHT ON JUNE 30, 1997. HONG KONG IS TO BE RUN BY THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG."
ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT,
HE SAID GOVERNMENT HAD TRIED TO ENSURE THAT THE PACE AND DIRECTION OF REFORMS REFLECTED THE WISHES OF THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.
"RECENTLY THE GENERAL VIEW OF THE FAVOUR OF SPEEDING UP SOMEWHAT THE SPEED OF BEEN INCREASING SIGNS OF A WILL WHICH WAS
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