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TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 1988.

IS

AND MORE THE WHERE AUTHORITY IS CHAIRMAN OF

IT,

H.E.: NOT TO CHANGE THE POLITICAL STRUCTURE. THE OBJECTIVE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES, AS I PUT

EFFECTIVELY MORE IT, THAN BEFORE, ECONOMICALLY

BUT TO KEEP THE SITUATION GOVERNMENT HAS OVERALL CONTROL OVER POLICY. THE HOUSING A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT, THERE NOW IS A SEPARATE WHO IS NOT AN OFFICIAL, SO THE SECRETARY FOR HOUSING IS NO LONGER

OF FINANCE REMAINS CHAIRMAN OF IT. OVERALL POLICY AND THE PROVISION WITH THE GOVERNMENT AND THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, BUT THE IMPLEMENTATION, THE HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION OF

GOES TO THE DETAILED

THE POLICY,

AUTHORITY WITH A LARGE INPUT FROM THE PRIVATE COMMUNITY.

THE

SIR DAVID, WILL YOU ASSURE THE TSANG SUK-WA, FROM ASIAWEEK:

DEAL IN THE DEFENCE HONG KONG PEOPLE OF THAT WE ARE GETTING A FAIR COSTS AGREEMENT, AND YOU KNOW, WHEN IN THE RUN-UP TO 1997, LESS SERVICE FROM THE BRITISH GARRISON?

H.E.

WB

REQUIRE

THAT PEOPLE

WE HAVE BEEN I CAN ASSURE THE HONG KONG :

DEAL FOR HONG KONG, NEGOTIATING VERY HARD TO GET THE BEST POSSIBLE

FOR OTHER SIDES THAT'S THE KEY THING. THE COSTS THAT WE HAVE TO PAY

OF OF SECURITY, LIKE THE POLICE FORCE IN ORDER TO TAKE OVER THE ROLE

UP OVER THE GARRISON DEALING WITH ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, WILL BE GOING

HONG KONG THE NEXT FEW YEARS. THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE, THE

TO REDUCE TRY TO

OUR SHARE OF THE GOVERNMENT, HAD BEEN ANXIOUS

TIME. DEFENCE COSTS PAYMENTS. WE'VE BEEN ARGUING OVER THAT FOR A LONG

AN OVERALL AS I SAID TO AN EARLIER QUESTIONER, WE HAVE COME OUT WITH

KONG THAN PREVIOUS DEFENCE PACKAGE WHICH WILL BE BETTER COSTS ARRANGEMENTS.

HONG FOR

WILSON WONG, FROM HONGKONG STANDARD: TURNING TO CIVIL SERVANTS, DO YOU FIND THE MORALE OF THE ENTIRE CIVIL SERVICE IS NOW DECREASING

OR AND IS THE POSSIBLE VACUUM LEFT BY THE, SAY, MASS EVACUATION EMIGRATION OF THE CIVIL SERVANTS IN THE RUN-UP TO 1997, ANY SOLUTIONS TO THAT?

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MASS

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H.E.: WELL, CAN I PUT THE FACTS RIGHT. THERE IS NO MASS EMIGRATION OF CIVIL SERVANTS. FOR WHAT IT IS WORTH, THE WASTAGE RATE THAT IS NOT AN AWFULLY NICE WORD, BUT IT IS THE ONE USED THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE LEAVING THE CIVIL SERVICE IS RUNNING AT ABOUT THREE TO FOUR

THAT PER CENT WHICH IS THE NORM

IT HAS BEEN OVER

AND THE YEARS COMPARED WITH PRIVATE EMPLOYERS THAT

AN EXTREMELY GOOD WASTAGE

RATE.

IS

PERSONALLY VERY ITS ABILITY ΤΟ

NOW WHETHER MORALE IS GOOD OR NOT, MORALE I AM SURE VARIES FROM LEVEL TO LEVEL AND DIFFERENT PART OF THE CIVIL SERVICE TO OTHER DIFFERENT PARTS. I TRY TO MEET CIVIL SERVANTS. I AM STRUCK BY THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE CIVIL SERVICE, BY CARRY OUT POLICIES AND TO DEAL WITH CRISES. JUST TO TAKE ONE EXAMPLE OF THAT, THE WAY IN WHICH THE CIVIL SERVICE HANDLED THE SUDDEN OF VIETNAMESE EX-REFUGEES FROM CHINA ARRIVING SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER WAS A REMARKABLE PERFORMANCE, VERY EFFECTIVE.

INFLUX

IN HONG KONG

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