WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1993
* THAT HONG KONG RESIDENTS WHO ARE MEMBERS OF CHINA'S
THAT CONGRESSES AT
PROVIDED LEVELS, VARIOUS
TO AND SERVE ELECTED MAY BE QUALIFICATIONS, MUNICIPAL COUNCILS AND THE DISTRICT BOARDS.
PEOPLE'S
THEY MEET ALL OTHER ON THE
THE LEGCO,
BE MADE BY THE GOVERNMENT MR SZE SAID EVERY EFFORT WOULD
ON THE THEMSELVES ΤΟ REGISTER POTENTIAL VOTERS ENCOURAGE
TO GENERAL ELECTORAL ROLL.
HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT PROPOSED THE CONSTITUENCIES FOR THE 1995 RATIO OF 100,000 MUNICIPAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS SHOULD BE DRAWN ON A
HAVE 32 DIRECTLY PEOPLE PER SEAT. HENCE, THE URBAN COUNCIL WOULD ELECTED SEATS WHILE THE REGIONAL COUNCIL WOULD HAVE 27.
DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED.
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GOVT DISAPPOINTED AT PRIVATE MEMBER'S BILL
MEMBER'S
THE GOVERNMENT IS VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT THE PRIVATE BILL HAS BEEN PASSED BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TONIGHT (WEDNESDAY), DESPITE ALL THE COGENT ARGUMENTS TO THE CONTRARY, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.
IN LATE JULY THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED A TWO-STAGE APPROACH TO REVIEWING ITS APPOINTMENTS POLICY, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
"FOR THE LONG TERM, IT PROPOSED BRINGING IN STANDARDISED CONDITIONS OF SERVICE, AND DEFINING FOR THE FIRST TIME WHO SHOULD BE REGARDED AS LOCAL' AND THESE MATTERS ARE THE SUBJECT OF AN ONGOING AND WIDE-RANGING CONSULTATION EXERCISE, HE SAID.
ON
THE
IN THE MEANTIME, AS AN INTERIM ARRANGEMENT, CIVIL SERVANTS OVERSEAS CONDITIONS WHO ARE PERMANENT RESIDENTS AS DEFINED UNDER IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE COULD APPLY FOR ONE CONTRACT ONLY ON LOCAL CONDITIONS, HE ADDED.
THE SPOKESMAN STRESSED THAT ANYONE TRANSFERRING TO LOCAL CONDITIONS UNDER THE INTERIM ARRANGEMENT WAS NOT NECESSARILY "LOCAL"
"THERE IS NO DEFINITION OF THE TERM 'LOCAL' AT PRESENT AND WHETHER SUCH PEOPLE WOULD BE REGARDED AS 'LOCAL' IN FUTURE WOULD DEPEND ENTIRELY ON THE OUTCOME OF CONSULTATION, HE SAID.
HOWEVER, THE PRIVATE MEMBER'S BILL NOW PROHIBITS ANY TRANSFER BY
PERMANENT RESIDENTS FROM OVERSEAS TO LOCAL CONDITIONS
OF SERVICE UNTIL APRIL 20, NEXT YEAR.
AS A RESULT, THE GOVERNMENT HAS LITTLE OPTION BUT TO EXTEND THE CONTRACTS OF THOSE OVERSEAS CIVIL SERVANTS WHO ARE PERMANENT RESIDENTS WHO WHO HAVE A REASONABLE CLAIM TO PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS, AND ARE LIKELY TO MEET THE OTHER CONDITIONS FOR TRANSFER, ON OVERSEAS CONDITIONS UNTIL THE BILL LAPSES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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