WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1992
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42 GOVT OFFICIALS DEPLOYED TO PAA
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A TOTAL OF 42 GOVERNMENT OFFICERS HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED TO
AUTHORITY AIRPORT
IN (PAA) PROVISIONAL
37 POSTS SINCE ESTABLISHMENT IN APRIL 1990, THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, ANSON CHAN, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THE
ITS
MRS
17 IN GRADE AND
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON SAMUEL WONG, MRS CHAN SAID OF THE 37 POSTS CONCERNED FIVE WERE IN THE DIRECTORATE RANK,
AND TECHNICAL GRADES AND 15 WERE FOR GENERAL PROFESSIONAL SECRETARIAL STAFF.
THE
PRESENT
POSITION IS THAT, OF THE TOTAL
OF 42
OFFICERS
DEPLOYED TO THE PAA:
NINETEEN
POSTS HAVE ALREADY RETURNED TO OFFICERS
IN
THE
CIVIL SERVICE;
TWO OFFICERS WILL RETURN TO THE CIVIL SERVICE BY THE END MAY AND 12 OTHERS WILL BE REVERTING SOON;
OF
*
ONE OFFICER WILL REMAIN WITH THE AUTHORITY UNTIL YEAR; AND
MAY NEXT
*
EIGHT OFFICERS JOINED THE PAA.
HAVE RESIGNED FROM THE
CIVIL SERVICE AND
DISCUSSIONS WITH CHINA ON II MOTHERS ONGOING
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DURING THE PAST FEW YEARS, THE GOVERNMENT HAD ON MANY OCCASIONS RAISED THE MATTER WITH THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES WITH THE AIM OF ENSURING THE EARLY RETURN TO HONG KONG OF THE MOTHERS INVOLVED.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR ALISTAIR ASPREY, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO QUESTION BY THE HON TAM YIU-CHUNG IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
"WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO, AND WE HOPE THEY GET THEIR PERMITS IN THE NEAR FUTURE," HE ADDED.
THE SECRETARY SAID A TOTAL OF 70 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT MOTHERS WERE REMOVED TO CHINA IN EARLY 1988.
TO DATE, 34 OF THEM HAD RETURNED TO HONG KONG ON PERMITS ISSUED BY THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES, HE SAID.
ONE-WAY
THE REMAINING 36 MOTHERS WHO HAD YET TO OBTAIN THEIR ONE-WAY PERMITS CAME FROM HAIFENG, SHANMEI, PUNING, HUIYANG, CHAOYANG, PANYU AND DONGGUAN, HE ADDED.
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