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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1990

"THIS IS AN AREA WHERE THE GOVERNMENT HAS MUCH TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR. INVESTMENTS IN UPGRADING EQUIPMENT WILL ENABLE THE CIVIL SERVICE TO ACHIEVE GAINS WHICH ARE NECESSARY IF WE ARE TO MEET MAINTAIN STANDARDS AT A TIME OF MINIMAL GROWTH IN MANPOWER.

LEARN FROM OFFICE

ESSENTIAL

THE NEW STANDARDS

PRODUCTIVITY

AND

"COMPUTERISATION IS NOW AN INTEGRAL PART OF LONG-TERM

AND MORE CIVIL

IN GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.

LEVELS WILL BE TRAINED IN THE USE OF COMPUTERS,

PLANNING

SERVANTS AT DIFFERENT

THE GOVERNOR SAID.

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CONSTRUCTIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH CHINA FUNDAMENTAL TO FUTURE WELL-BEING

WK

THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) SAID THAT GET NEARER TO 1997, THERE WILL BE AN INCREASING NEED TO MAKE THAT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT IS WELL INFORMED ON IMPORTANT MATTERS POLICY WHICH WILL EXTEND BEYOND 1997.

THE GOVERNOR SAID THE AMBITIOUS SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND PROGRAMMES WHICH HE HAD DESCRIBED EARLIER IN HIS POLICY BEING UNDERTAKEN AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF THE TRANSITION TO

SOVEREIGNTY.

AS

SURE

OF

POLITICAL SPEECH WERE CHINESE

"IN OUR EVOLVING RELATIONSHIP WITH CHINA, INEVITABLY, STRESSES AND STRAINS WHICH CAN ONLY BE OVERCOME BY

THERE ARE STILL, EFFORT AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING,

MUTUAL SIR DAVID SAID.

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"ONE THING IS CLEAR. A CONSTRUCTIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH CHINA IS FUNDAMENTAL TO THE FUTURE WELL-BEING OF HONG KONG, BOTH AND AFTER.

BEFORE NEGLECTING THIS TRUTH, OR MAKING NO ATTEMPT TO FOSTER SUCH 1997 RELATIONSHIP, WOULD DO NO SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG, HE

"

STRESSED.

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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AND THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT THEREFORE TRIED OVER THE PAST YEAR TO DISPEL MISUNDERSTANDINGS AND IMPROVE OUR WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH PEKING, THE GOVERNOR SAID.

HAD TO

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"MY

OWN VISIT TO PEKING IN JANUARY WAS PART OF MR. MAUDE'S VISIT IN JULY PROVIDED A FURTHER VALUABLE OPPORTUNITY

THIS PROCESS. DISCUSSIONS WITH SENIOR CHINESE LEADERS, THE GOVERNOR SAID.

FOR

SIR DAVID SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD TRIED TO CONVINCE THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT THAT ACTIONS TAKEN OVER THE PAST YEAR ABOUT WHICH THEY EXPRESSED DOUBT

DOUBT FOR INSTANCE, THE BRITISH NATIONALITY

HAD THE INTRODUCTION

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OF

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PACKAGE

AND

A DRAFT BILL OF RIGHTS SINCERE EFFORT TO BOLSTER HONG KONG SO THAT IT WOULD HAVE THE STRENGTH HAD BEEN PART OF A TO PROSPER AS A SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION AFTER 1997.

/"SIMILARLY OUR