WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1992
WOULD NOT EXPECT CONCLUSIONS ON THE KIND OF MATTERS THAT MY RT. HONOURABLE FRIEND MENTIONED TO EMERGE UNTIL THE AUTUMN AT THE EARLIEST. ON THE SPECIFIC POINT CONCERNING THE 1995 LEGCO ELECTIONS, WE HAVE SAID THAT WE SHALL BE DISCUSSING THOSE ELECTIONS WITH THE CHINESE SIDE WITH THE AIM OF ENSURING AS MUCH CONTINUITY AS POSSIBLE. DECISIONS ON ELECTORAL ARRANGEMENTS WILL NEED TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF SUCH DISCUSSIONS: THEY ARE, I THINK, SOME WAY OFF."
MR DEPUTY PRESIDENT, THE ADMINISTRATION BELIEVES THAT THERE IS NO NEED TO RUSH INTO A CONCLUSION ON THIS IMPORTANT MATTER. THE EX- OFFICIO MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL WILL THEREFORE ABSTAIN FROM VOTING ON MR MCGREGOR'S MOTION, OR ON MR NGAI SHIU-KIT'S AMENDMENT TODAY.
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INCREASED FAMILIARITY WITH CHINESE GOVT IMPORTANT FOR HK
THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT BELIEVES THAT IT IS IMPORTANT FOR GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS TO INCREASE THEIR FAMILIARITY WITH THEIR COUNTERPARTS ON THE MAINLAND.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY, THE HON SIR DAVID FORD, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON DAVID LI IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
"WE BELIEVE IT BEST CONTACTS TO PROCEED IN A DICTATE," SIR DAVID SAID.
FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ACTUAL WORKING NATURAL FASHION, AS OPERATIONAL NEEDS
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AREAS IN WHICH THESE HAD EXPANDED RECENTLY BORDER POLICING, ANTI-CORRUPTION WORK, IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS MATTERS.
"IN ALL OF THESE AREAS THE RESPECTIVE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND SERVICES ARE IN REGULAR CONTACT WITH THEIR COUNTERPARTS OVER THE BORDER, HE SAID.
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THE CHIEF SECRETARY POINTED OUT THAT THIS TREND OF INCREASED CONTACTS WAS ENCOURAGED AND PROMOTED BY THE GOVERNMENT, AND WAS CONTINUING.
SO FAR THIS YEAR, OVER 60 DELEGATIONS FROM HONG KONG HAD TRAVELLED TO THE MAINLAND.
SIR DAVID NOTED THAT RECENT YEARS HAD SEEN AN INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF CONTACTS BETWEEN HONG KONG GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND THEIR MAINLAND COUNTERPARTS, BOTH IN THE CENTRAL PEOPLE'S GOVERNMENT IN BEIJING AND IN PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS, NOTABLY GUANGDONG.
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LAST YEAR, 152 DELEGATIONS FROM HONG KONG TRAVELLED то CHINA. SOME OF THESE WERE FOR THE PURPOSE OF FAMILIARISATION, BUT THE MAJORITY WERE WORKING VISITS.
LIKEWISE, 91 DELEGATIONS CAME TO HONG KONG FROM THE MAINLAND.
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