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Further efforts will

also ba made to improve the quality of performance by improved staff management, bettor manpower forecasting and career planning and more and better

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training.

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One of the factors contributing to an effective and

contented public service is a remuneration policy which is regarded as fair both by the public servants themselves and by the community they serve. In this respect, the Government is indebted to the Standing Commission on Civil Service Salaries and Conditions of Service which, under the able chairmanship of Sir S.Y. Chung, has done much to bring about the establishment of rational and appropriate salary levels and structures in the public service.

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THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG

The Prime Minister's' visita to China and to Hong Kong, the first by a British Prime Minister in office are still vivid in our minds. I should like to record here the appreciation of the Government and people of Hong Kong for her concern and understanding. and for her reaffirmation of Her Majesty'ė Government's responsibility and commitment to the people of

this territory,

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In Peking, Mrs Thatcher held far-reaching discussions, in a friendly atmosphere, on the future of Hong Kong with Chairman Deng Xiaoping and Premier Zhao Ziyang. In the words of the joint statement issued, after the Prime Minister's moeting With Chairman Deng: "Both sides made clear their respective positions on this subject. They agreed to enter into talks through diplomatic channels, following

following the visit, with a common aim of maintaining the stability and prosperity of Hong . Xong". The agrooment to start talks, and the endorsement of the common objective at the highest level were a significant achievement. The Gearch for

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