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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1994

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BE

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REQUEST OPEN TO THE

PASSENGER REFUSE TO CO-OPERATE WITH A FROM USING REFRAIN

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT IT WOULD CAPTAIN OF A HONG KONG-REGISTERED AIRCRAFT TO ENFORCE THE BY INVOKING

(OVERSEAS POWERS UNDER THE AIR NAVIGATION

ORDER," HE SAID.

RESTRICTION

TERRITORIES)

WHILE THE GOVERNMENT UNDERSTOOD THAT MANY INTERNATIONAL THE KONG, AIRLINES HAD ADOPTED PRECAUTIONS SIMILAR TO THOSE OF HONG

COMPLETELY THE ADMINISTRATION WAS UNAWARE OF ANY LEGISLATION TO BAN CARRIAGE OR USE OF ELECTRONIC APPLIANCES BY PASSENGERS, MR SIU ADDED..

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FEW OVERSEAS AOS SERVE BEYOND 57

THE GENERALITY OF OVERSEAS ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS WOULD NOT SERVE BEYOND THE AGE OF 57 ACCORDING TO AN ADMINISTRATIVE INTRODUCED IN 1986 TO ACCELERATE LOCALISATION.

GUIDELINE

THERE HAVE, HOWEVER, OVER THE YEARS, BEEN A FEW EXCEPTIONS, INCLUDING THE CURRENT APPOINTMENTS OF THE HONG KONG COMMISSIONER IN LONDON AND THE COMMISSIONER FOR ECONOMIC AND TRADE AFFAIRS IN THE USA.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE, MR MICHAEL SZE, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON EMILY LAU THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

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THE CURRENT HONG KONG COMMISSIONER IN LONDON WAS FORMERLY CHIEF SECRETARY.

"HIS PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE, BOTH AS CHIEF SECRETARY AND IN LONDON, MADE HIM ALMOST UNIQUELY QUALIFIED TO FILL THE VACANCY LEFT BY THE RETIREMENT OF THE FORMER COMMISSIONER IN NOVEMBER 1993, HE SAID.

AS

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THE THE

SAID REGARDS THE COMMISSIONER POST IN THE USA, MR SZE GOVERNMENT HAD FOR SOME TIME BEEN ATTEMPTING TO FIND, FROM EITHER PRIVATE OR PUBLIC SECTOR, A PERSON OF SUFFICIENT STATURE AND SENIORITY TO FILL THE VACANCY.

"THE

IDEAL CHOICE WOULD HAVE BEEN A SENIOR LOCAL OFFICER," HE

SAID.

'ALTHOUGH IDENTIFIED, THEY SIMPLY COULD NOT BE SPARED FROM THEIR DUTIES IN HONG KONG, HE ADDED.

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WHEN THE CURRENT COMMISSIONER WAS IDENTIFIED AND COULD BE RELEASED, WE MOVED TO UPGRADE OUR REPRESENTATION," HE ADDED.

"THESE ISSUES WERE CONSIDERED IN DETAIL BY THE ESTABLISHMENT SUB-COMMITTEE WHEN WE SOUGHT APPROVAL FOR CREATION OF THE COMMISSIONER

MR SZE SAID.

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STRESSED THAT THESE TWO APPOINTMENTS FELL INTO THE OCCASIONAL EXCEPTIONS TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE

GUIDELINE.

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