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IMPORTANT POINTS MADE WERE:

ARRANGEMENTS SHOULD BE MADE FOR CIVIL SERVANTS NOT WISHING TO CONTINUE THEIR SERVICE AFTER 1997 BUT WHO HAVE NOT REACHED RETIREMENT AGE. THEY SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPTION TO RETIRE EARLY WITH

PENSION:

RETIREMENT SCHEMES SIMILAR TO PROVIDENT SCHEMES IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR SHOULD BE SET UP AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE EXISTING PENSION SCHEME AND

PAYMENT SHOULD BE AS OF RIGHT:

FOREIGN NATIONALS SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE EMPLOYED IN THE CIVIL SERVICE IN SPECIALIST POSTS WHERE NEED JUSTIFIED, AND PROMOTION SHOULD BE BASED ON

MERIT AND NOT ON ETHNIC ORIGIN:

LOCALISATION OF THE CIVIL SERVICE SHOULD BE SPEEDED UP TO ENSURE THAT LOCAL OFFICERS ACQUIRE THE NECESSARY EXPERIENCE TO ENABLE THEM TO FILL

THE TOP POSTS:

EXPATRIATE CIVIL SERVANTS THROUGH THEIR

ASSOCIATIONS REQUESTED THAT THEY SHOULD BE

SUITABLY COMPENSATED IF THEIR CAREER PROSPECTS WERE AFFECTED BY THE PROVISIONS IN RESPECT OF THE

FILLING OF THE MOST SENIOR POSTS: AND

ARRANGEMENTS SHOULD BE MADE TO PROTECT CIVIL

SERVANTS OCCUPYING SENSITIVE POSTS.

OTHER POINTS RAISED :-

ANY GRADE RENDERED REDUNDANT BY THE TRANSFER OF

GOVERNMENT IN 1997 SHOULD BE SUITABLY

COMPENSATED:

IF CHINESE WERE USED AS THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE IN

THE FUTURE SAR, TRAINING COURSES SHOULD BE ARRANGED TO RAISE THE LANGUAGE STANDARD OF CIVIL

SERVANTS:

THOSE WHO CONTINUE THEIR SERVICE WITH THE SAR

GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT BE TRANSFERRED TO OTHER

OFFICES IN CHINA:

CIVIL SERVANTS SHOULD NOT BE PREVENTED FROM STANDING FOR ELECTION: AND ONCE ELECTED, NO-PAY LEAVE SHOULD BE GRANTED, AND THOSE WHO HAVE REACHED 45 SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO RETIRE EARLY: AND

THAT THE LOCAL NON-CHINESE CIVIL SERVANTS BE

GRANTED RIGHT OF ABODE IN UK AS THEIR CHILDREN

BORN AFTER 1997 WOULD BECOME STATELESS.

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