XN000022-1990-04-17 — Page 4

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TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1990

QUITE

BASIC LAW ARR OFFICIALS

"THE PROVISIONS OF THE JOINT DECLARATION AND CLEAR. IN 1997 THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE AND HIS PRINCIPAL

MUST BE HONG KONG CHINESE," THE GOVERNOR SAID.

"WE ARE ALREADY WELL ON THE WAY TO ACHIEVING THAT POSITION. MAY LOSE SOME LOCAL OFFICERS EITHER TO THE PRIVATE

BUT

NOT I EMIGRATION.

DO

REAL SEE REQUIREMENTS OF 1997," HE ADDED.

DIFFICULTY

WE

IN

SECTOR OR то THE MEETING

HAD BOTH THE "THIS IS

SIR DAVID POINTED OUT THAT THE PUBLIC SERVICE DEPTH AND STRENGTH OF POTENTIAL LEADERSHIP THAT IT NEEDED. VITALLY IMPORTANT."

*

AS AN "THE CIVIL SERVICE HAS A DUAL ROLE TO PLAY, NOT ONLY

COMMUNITY, BUT EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT PROVIDER OF SERVICES TO THE

PEOPLE HAVE A ALSO AS A SOURCE OF STABILITY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. RIGHT TO EXPECT THE CIVIL SERVICE TO CONTINUE TO PERFORM BOTH ROLES IN THE YEARS AHEAD, HE SAID.

THE

Г

GOVERNOR

POINTED

OUT

THAT IN

THE

JUDICIARY TOO, THE GOVERNMENT MUST ENCOURAGE MORE LOCAL TALENT, AS IN 1997 BOTH THE CHIEF JUSTICE AND THE NEXT LEADING JUDGE MUST BE HONG KONG CHINESE.

A

"AND BOTH THESE SENIOR JUDGES WILL NEED TO BE UNDERPINNED BY

WE MUST SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF POTENTIAL LOCAL SUCCESSORS. HERE TOO LOOK TO THE LOCAL LEGAL PROFESSION FOR THE QUALITIES OF LEADERSHIP AND

SIR DAVID SAID. PUBLIC SERVICE THE COMMUNITY NEEDS AND DESERVES,

DEVELOPING IN

"THE CHANGES INVOLVED REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT ARE JUST AS TESTING AS THOSE WE FACE ON ECONOMIC FRONT, HE SAID.

OUR

OWN

SYSTEM

OF

THE

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"THE DIFFICULTIES INVOLVED WILL THROW UP NEW OPPORTUNITIES CHALLENGES, SIR DAVID ADDED.

AND

BUSINESSMEN, INDUSTRIALISTS TO AIR VIEWS ON METROPLAN

BE

BY

GOVERNMENT

MORE THAN 100 PROMINENT BUSINESSMEN AND INDUSTRIALISTS WILL ATTENDING A TWO-DAY METROPLAN SEMINAR ON APRIL 19 AND 26 ORGANISED

LANDS BRANCH OF PLANNING,

THE

ENVIRONMENT

AND

THE

SECRETARIAT.

FUTURE THE TOPIC FOR APRIL 19 IS "THE

AND THAT FOR APRIL DEVELOPMENT IN HONG KONG" BUSINESS DISTRICTS IN HONG KONG".

PATTERN OF INDUSTRIAL 26, "THE LOCATION OF

/THE SPEAKERS