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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1990
A
OF
OTHER
"UNHCR, I BELIEVE, NOW REALISE THAT THE WHOLE THING IS PART COMPLETE PACKAGE. YOU CANNOT SIMPLY DO ONE WITHOUT DOING THE
WHAT THEY ARE AND I THINK THAT IS WHAT THE UNHCR REALISE, THAT IS TRYING TO WORK AT," HE ADDED.
ASKED
GOVERNMENT'S ABOUT
DECISION
TO
OVERSEAS SAID:
PRC
"THE
ALLOW NATIONALS TO COME TO HONG KONG FOR EMPLOYMENT, SIR DAVID REASON IS THAT WE HAVE A NEED FOR TALENTED PEOPLE IN HONG KONG."
"THAT IS A SOURCE OF VERY TALENTED PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN TRAINED MAY BE PUTONGHUA- ABROAD, WHO ARE CHINESE-SPEAKING: MANY OF THEM SPEAKING, SOME OF THEM MAY BE CANTONESE-SPEAKING. THEY ARE PEOPLE
HE SAID. WOULD BE WELL ADAPTED TO THE HONG KONG ENVIRONMENT,
"
WHO
THE GOVERNOR SAID THAT IN NO POSSIBLE WAY COULD THAT BE SEEN AS SIMPLY SOMETHING LIKE IT WAS DESCRIBED "A TAKEOVER OF HONG KONG". "IT ISN'T THAT. IT IS NOW FOR THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO USE THIS RESOURCE THE PRIVATE SECTOR WANTS TO DO IT," HE SAID.
IF
HAVE ANY
BE FIND
SIR DAVID ALSO STRESSED THAT THE GOVERNMENT DID NOT PRESENT INTENTIONS TO EMPLOY THESE PEOPLE. "IT CERTAINLY WOULDN'T THE CASE, AS I'VE SEEN SOME SPECULATION THAT YOU WOULD SUDDENLY
THE ADMINISTRATION. SOME PEOPLE CATAPULTED INTO SENIOR POSITIONS IN THAT SIMPLY ISN'T THE CASE.'
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ASKED IF HAVING OVERSEAS PRC NATIONALS WORKING IN HONG KONG WAS "I THE POSSIBLE ANSWER TO THE BRAIN DRAIN PROBLEM, SIR DAVID SAID: DON'T BELIEVE THERE IS ONE SIMPLE ANSWER TO THE BRAIN DRAIN."
THE
PART,
"THERE ARE A WHOLE SERIES OF THINGS THAT WE SHOULD DO AND PRIVATE SECTOR SHOULD DO. WHAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS DONE FOR IT'S IS TO RELAX THE PREVIOUS RESTRICTIONS TO ALLOW THE PRIVATE SECTOR
HE SAID. USE THIS RESOURCE,
H
TO
MUST
"WE HE SAID THERE WERE OTHER THINGS THAT MUST BE DONE: ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO STAY IN HONG KONG; ENCOURAGE HONG KONG PEOPLE HAVE LEFT HONG KONG AND GOT PASSPORTS TO COME BACK, LOTS OF THINGS.'
WHO
FF
WAY IN
ECONOMY
"BUT THIS IS ONE PART OF IT AND I THINK IT SHOWS THE
BR WHICH, AS WE LOOK AT THE PROBLEMS LIKE A BRAIN DRAIN; LIKE AN WHICH IS DEVELOPING SO FAST THAT WE NEED MORE PEOPLE, THAT WE MUST
SIMPLY STICK FLEXIBLE IN THE WAY WE APPROACH THESE PROBLEMS AND NOT
SIR DAVID RIGIDLY TO OLD POLICIES WHICH ARE NO LONGER APPROPRIATE, SAID.
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ASKED TO COMMENT ON THE SIXTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE INITIALING OF AND HIS OUTLOOK THE SIGNING OF THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT DECLARATION
"WE HAVE THE JOINT TOWARDS THE RUN-UP TO 1997, THE GOVERNOR SAID: DECLARATION THAT MAKES VERY CLEAR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE FUTURE. WHAT WE OUT IN ARE WORKING HARD AT IS TO MAKE SURE THOSE ARRANGEMENTS WORK PRACTICE, WITH A FULL COMMITMENT TO WHAT'S PROVIDED DECLARATION," HE SAID.
IN
THE JOINT
/"LAYING THE