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1. 1 learnt from David Wilson that the Governor has given instructions to senior officers in the ong Kong Government to look for candidates from outside the normal establishment for some of the second tier (overnment Committees. objective is to bring on candidates who could eventually take their place on Le Co. While this is a worthwhile
scheme, and 1 an convinced that it is being done with reasonable enthusiasm, it will obviously take some years to show any strik usults.
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3. When tal. in to much waley i tried, without much success, to make clear in my own mind the formal structure of the Sovenient
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one point did become clear, however, ani that is that there ale tone in the liong Kong Government who would prefer that when we write on matters of
licy, if the letter is addressed to the Lecretariat branch, a copy should be sent to the relevant department or vice-versa.
The budget
4. Following so soon on the heels of ichael Stewart, I made no real effort to discuss financial or economic affairs. however, during the conversation with ugh Ardley he put across very strongly the joint 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 Covernment policy. it is only on policies which may be desirable but have not been either considered essential or yet formally taken into the Covernment 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 Covernment, were eager to discuss this question. No-one pretended to come up with any real solution as what will happen after 1997 but there was an obvious awareness that something will have to be arranged within the next 5 years, the deadline was given me by a number of people. In their
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