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all prosecutions and the monitoring functions of both Oporations Review Committee and the Complaints Against the ICAC Committee under. UMELCO provido sound patoguarde against abuso.

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(i) Nationality.

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During this

be Goosion Members will consider amendments to Hong Kong'o migration and other legiplation as a concoquence of the coming into force of the British Nationality Act on lot January next year. An important related question which still neods to ba resolved is the nationality description to be. usod

Παρά in passports. The Government continues to urge of me the importance we atcogh to a satisfactory resolution of this jo

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GOVERNMENT'S 'INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION

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(a) Organisation.

During the past your or so sovoral major changes have boon · made to tho organisation of Government'c intornal administration, including the, de-fodoralisation of the Public Works Department and the Trado, Industry & Custom Department into a number of separate departments and the creation of a new Tochnical Education & Industrial Traising, Department,

139. But we must take a dynamic view of pur administrativo azzangomonts: and further amendments to central governoont organisation, the network of executive Capertmonte and the relationships between them to moot changing circumstances are procently being examined. The outcome will probably be changos in the schodules of some policy Branch Cecrotarion in order to achieve more effective and appropriate groupings of policy programme, and a better balance of roeponcibilities.

I am also ,conscious of the need to ensure that our cystoms are updated within sonsible limite, that our advisory board and committees

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