Mr Quantrill
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23 MAY 1978
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VI I TO HONG KONG: MILCELLANEOUS TOIMIS
Greater LeLocracy
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1. I learnt from David Wilson that the Governor has given instructions to senior officers in the Hong Kong Government to look for candidates from outside the normal establishment for some of the second tier (overnment Committees. The objective is to bring on candidates who could eventually take their lace or LeyCo. While this is a worthwhile scheme, and in convinced that it is being done with reasonable enthusiasm, it will obviously take some years to show any stalling umults.
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point dia become clear, however, and that is that them ald bone in the liong Kong govemment who would prefer that when we write on matters of policy, if the letter is addrm seal to the Lecretariat branch, a coy should be sent to the relevant de partment or vice-versa.
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4. following ɛo soon on the heels of Lichael Stewart, I made no raul effort to discuss financial or economic affairs. however, during the conversation with tgh Ardley he put across very strongly the point that, when the budget is being drawn up, Finance branch follow the individual budgets laid down by departments for those new areas of expenditure which have already been accepted as Government policy. It is only on policies which may be desirable but have not been either considered essential or yet formally taken into the Government programme that the Financial Secretary exercises any real,control.
Future of liong Kong
5. I was very struck by how many people, both in and out of Government, were eager to discuss this question. No-one pretended to come up with any real solution as what will happen after 1997 but then was an obvious awareness that something will have to he arranged within the next 5 years, the deadline was given me by a number of people. In their
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