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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1977

IN HIS SPEECH SIR DENYS ALSO ANNOUNCED IN DETAILS THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF THE COMMITTEE AS FOLLOWS:

IT IS REQUIRED TO CONSIDER

THE PRINCIPAL FACTORS WHICH HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO HONG KONG'S ECONOMIC GROWTH DURING THE LAST 15 YEARS-

(11) THE PAST, PRESENT AND LIKELY FUTURE COURSE OF THE REGULATION OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN TEXTILES AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE GROWTH OF THE ECONOMY=

(1) THE FACTORS WHICH HAVE BEEN INFLUENTIAL IN ATTRACTING

OR DETERRING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW ACTIVITIES

IN THE MANUFACTURING AND OTHER SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY IN RECENT YEARS, INCLUDING:

(A)

FINANCIAL FACILITIES

(B) FISCAL POLICIES

(IV)

(c)

LAND POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

(D)

(E)

POLICIES RELATING TO EDUCATION AND INDUSTRIAL TRAINING

ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE PROMOTION OF TRADE IN OVERSEAS MARKETS, AND OF INVESTMENT AND JOINT VENTURES FROM OVERSEAS-

COMPARATIVE PRACTICES IN COMPARABLE ECONOMICS WHICH HAVE SUCCESSFULLY ENCOURAGED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW INDUSTRIES.

TURNING TO THE CIVIL SERVICE, HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAS ACCEPTED THE RECOMMENDATION IN PROFESSOR WILLOUGHBY'S REPORT THAT IT SHOULD EXAMINE THE POSSIBILITY OF INTRODUCING NEW FORMS OF CONCILIATION PROCEDURE, AND WILL IN DUE COURSE DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT SOME NEW PROCEDURES SHOULD BE ADOPTED IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST.

HE NOTED THAT IT IS INEVITABLE THAT FROM TIME TO TIME IN SUCH A LARGE ORGANISATION AS THE CIVIL SERVICE WITH AN ESTABLISHMENT OF OVER 124,000, THERE SHOULD BE SOME DISSATISFACTION WITH WORKING CONDITIONS AND TERMS OF SERVICE.

HE SAID, +WE MUST EXPECT OCCASIONAL DISPUTES ABOUT CONDITIONS OF SERVICE AND ABOUT SALARIES. MOST OF THESE DISPUTES ARE SETTLED AMICABLY BY DISCUSSION, EITHER IN THE SENIOR CIVIL SERVICE COUNCIL OR BETWEEN HEADS OF DEPARTMENT AND DEPARTMENTAL STAFF ASSOCIATIONS.

+ IT IS ONLY THE SMALL MINORITY, WHERE AGREEMENT IS NOT REACHED, THAT COMES TO PUBLIC ATTENTION AND PERHAPS GIVES AN IMPRESSION TO THE OUTSIDER THAT A HIGH PROPORTION OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE IS UNHAPPY ABOUT ITS TERMS, + HE ADDED.

ON THE WORK OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, SIR DENYS PAID TRIBUTE TO THE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS FOR THEIR ENERGY AND ENTHUSIASM WHICH HAVE ENLIVENED THE BUSINESS OF THE COUNCIL IN THE PAST YEAR.

HE SAID