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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1990
CS ENCOURAGED BY INTEREST SHOWN IN HK
THE
SIR
DAVID FORD, CHIEF SECRETARY, ENCOURAGED BY THE INTEREST SHOWN IN HONG KONG DURING HIS VISITS TO NORTH AMERICA AND LONDON.
SAID
HE WAS EVERYWHERE HE
VERY
WENT
DAVID
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AT THE AIRPORT ON HIS RETURN, SIR
WHERE HE MADE SAID HE HAD A VERY BUSY 10 DAYS VISITING FOUR CITIES SPEECHES AND ATTENDED NUMEROUS MEETINGS.
"I SAW
LOT
OF BUSINESS
PEOPLE;
I
SAW POLITICIANS A OFFICIALS; I SAW STUDENTS AND THE MEDIA, AND ALL OF THEM EXPRESSED
KONG, AND
AND SYMPATHY IN HONG INTEREST GREAT DEAL OF ENCOURAGEMENT,
"I THOUGHT IT WAS A VERY USEFUL WAY OF STAYING IN THE PEOPLE IN NORTH AMERICA AND INDEED IN LONDON," HE SAID.
AND
A
GENERAL
TOUCH WITH
111 VIETNAMESE WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE COURT CASE INVOLVING THE
KONG: LAST WEEK, SIR DAVID SAID PLENTY HAD BEEN SAID ABOUT IT IN HONG "I REALLY HAVE NOTHING TO ADD ONLY TO SAY THAT IT DIDN'T CROP UP IN MY QUESTIONS WHEN I WAS OVERSEAS."
ON THE QUESTION OF RESPECT FOR THE RULE OF LAW, SIR DAVID THE POSITION HAD BEEN MADE VERY CLEAR: "WE CLEARLY DO FOLLOW THE OF LAW METICULOUSLY AND HAVE DONE SO IN THAT CASE."
SAID
RULE
SECRETARY
WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE LOCALISATION POLICY, THE CHIEF
OFFICERS HAD BEEN SAID IT WAS A GRADUAL PROCESS IN WHICH LOCAL INTRODUCED TO SENIOR POSITIONS IN THE GOVERNMENT FOR MANY YEARS.
LOCAL
"WE
NOW HAVE MORE THAN HALF OF THE SENIOR POSITIONS FILLED OFFICER, SIR DAVID SAID.
BY
"WE WILL CONTINUE WITH THAT PROCESS UP UNTIL 1997;
THAT IN ADVANCE OF 1997 WE MEET THE
MAKE SURE BASIC LAW POSITIONS ADDED.
UNTIL WE REQUIREMENTS OF THE MOST SENIOR 1997, HE
AND THAT THERE ARE CHINESE NATIONALS IN THE OF GOVERNMENT SO AS TO ENSURE CONTINUITY ACROSS
H
BRITISH NATIONALITY SCHEME ORDER MADE
* *
THE BRITISH NATIONALITY (HONG KONG)
1990, WHICH SETS OUT
(SELECTION SCHEME) ORDER THE SELECTION MECHANISM FOR CHOOSING 50,000 CITIZENS HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS IN HONG KONG TO BE REGISTERED AS BRITISH
WAS MADE BY THE PRIVY UNDER THE BRITISH NATIONALITY SELECTION SCHEME, COUNCIL YESTERDAY (TUESDAY).
THE ORDER WILL COME INTO FORCE ON DECEMBER 1, 1990.
/A HONG
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