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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1992
"ON THE PART OF THE GOVERNMENT, IT ASSISTANCE TO THOSE STAFF WHO WISH TO SEEK INCOMING OPERATORS, OR OTHER EMPLOYMENT IN SAID.
THE
WILL
PROVIDE FULL EMPLOYMENT WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR, HE
"I
THE MANAGEMENT CONTRACTS WILL BE FOR THREE YEARS INITIALLY AND WILL BE RENEWABLE.
"THE GOVERNMENT WILL RETAIN CONTROL OVER THE TUNNEL TOLLS AND THE PERFORMANCE OF THE OPERATORS, HE EMPHASISED.
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LEGCO FUNCTIONING WELL: SCA
GOINGS ON IN THE NEW MUCH HAS BEEN SAID RECENTLY ABOUT THE
THE CIVIL SERVICE, BUT STYLE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND ITS IMPACT ON THE FACT IS THAT LEGCO DOES GET ON WITH ITS JOB AND THE GOVERNMENT COPING WELL WITH THE CHANGES.
IS
THE SECRETARY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS, MR MICHAEL SZE, THIS AT A LUNCHEON MEETING TODAY (TUESDAY).
SAID
MR SZE SAID APART FROM THE COMPOSITION RETURNED, THE NEW STYLE LEGCO HAD NOT CHANGED AT ALL.
AND HOW MEMBERS
WERE
"ITS FUNCTIONS AND POWERS HAD REMAINED THE SAME.
MORE POWERS THAN "THE NEW STYLE LEGCO DOES NOT HAVE ANY PREDECESSOR. WHAT IT HAS DONE IS TO EXERCISE THE POWERS IT ALWAYS
AND AGGRESSIVELY, HE SAID.
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ITS
HAD
APPOINTED ALL MR SZE NOTED THAT IN THE PAST WHEN THE GOVERNOR
TENDED EITHER ΤΟ BE ESTABLISHMENT A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE
· OR MOST OF THE MEMBERS, FIGURES OR PERSONS ALREADY GOVERNMENT WORKED.
THESE
WITH
A CERTAIN DEGREE OF UNDERSTANDING AND TRUST BETWEEN THEM AND THE CIVIL SERVICE. IT WAS CONSENSUS THAN THE MORE USUAL ADVERSARIAL POLITICS.
IN
THE
NEW
THEREFORE EXISTED POLITICS RATHER
OF THE DIRECTLY
SOME BACKGROUND.
HAVE
ELECTED SAT SOCIAL
STYLE LEGCO, MOST FROM COUNCILLORS CAME
A DIFFERENT FREQUENTLY ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE TABLE FROM OFFICIALS ON AND OTHER ISSUES IN THEIR PRE-COUNCILLOR DAYS.
EXPECT
"IT IS DIFFICULT AND INDEED UNREALISTIC FOR US TO TO TAKE GOVERNMENT PROPOSALS, HOWEVER WELL-INTENTIONED, WITH THE DEGREE OF CONFIDENCE," HE SAID.
THEM SAME
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