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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1990
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GENERAL GRADES
NOTING THAT THERE WAS A BROAD REVIEW OF WITHIN THE WHOLE OF THE CIVIL SERVICE, SIR DAVID SAID TRADITIONALLY THAT HAD BEEN A TIME WHEN THERE WERE AGITATIONS.
THERE HAD BEEN PARTICULAR PEOPLE WHO USED THAT OCCASION, KNOWING THAT THEIR GRADE WAS UNDER REVIEW, ΤΟ TRY ΤΟ PRESS FOR A BETTER SITUATION FOR THEMSELVES, HE SAID.
"THAT IS A VERY NATURAL SITUATION FOR THE MOMENT,
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HE ADDED.
ASKED TO COMMENT ON THE REPRESENTATION TO THE FOREIGN OFFICE BY THE POLICE SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION, SIR DAVID SAID IT WAS UP TO ANY ASSOCIATION TO TAKE ANY MEASURE THAT IT CHOSE TO DO SO IN ORDER TO GIVE THEIR CASE PROMINENCE.
PERSONALLY, SIR DAVID DID NOT THINK IT WAS PARTICULARLY HELPFUL
TO TAKE HONG KONG'S PROBLEM OUTSIDE HONG KONG.
"THESE ARE MATTERS OF STAFF RELATIONS. THESE ARE MATTERS WHICH WE WOULD NORMALLY DEAL WITH WITHIN THE CIVIL SERVICE. I DON'T THINK TO TAKE OUR TROUBLES OVERSEAS, WHEREVER ONE IS GOING, IS NECESSARILY A HELPFUL WAY TO GO,' HE SAID.
SCALED DOWN, BRIDGE, ROAD WOULD
ASKED IF THE PORT AND AIRPORT PROJECTS WOULD BE SIR DAVID ASSURED THAT THE CORE PROJECTS INCLUDING THE NETWORK AND THE AIRPORT ITSELF WOULD GO AHEAD AND THE AIRPORT OPEN ON TIME.
"THERE ARE OTHER ASPECTS TO THE AIRPORT PROJECT AND THE PORT PROJECT WHICH ARE ALSO HIGHLY DESIRABLE BUT NOT ESSENTIAL. THE RAILWAY COMES INTO THAT BRACKET.
"AND WHEREAS WE WILL CERTAINLY LIKE TO HAVE THE RAILWAY OPEN AT THE SAME TIME, IT IS A MATTER OF PRIORITY.
MORE WE
"IS THE RAILWAY NEEDED ON DAY 1? IF IT CAN BE BROUGHT IN IN A PRACTICAL WAY ONE YEAR LATER, THEN, THAT IS OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING ARE GOING TO LOOK AT. IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE ARE SHELVING MAJOR ELEMENTS OF THE AIRPORT.
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SIR DAVID ALSO REFUTED A REPORT THAT THE GOVERNMENT WOULD ASK THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL TO OVERRIDE ALL OBJECTIONS TO THE CHEK LAP KOK AIRPORT, ADDING THAT EACH OBJECTION WOULD BE LOOKED AT THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS.
CAREFULLY BY
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