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sue abolition terms for permanent and pensionable cers and seek ex-gratia terms for agreement officers implementation of the Draft Agreement is important, under it anything is possible the Draft Agreement is as good as those that implement it there are no guarantees that today's or tommorow's governments will honour it Hong Kong will cease to be a British colony and become a Chinese colony, this should be stated bring in some aspects of the Draft Agreement early to sweep away vested interests therefore more incentives and a chance of careers not so iniquitous as currently perpetrated by the administration If I were starting my career I would be concerned about reducing career prospects but this should be expected by overseas officers things will be less good for expatriates this must be expected - transitional arrangements as good as can be expected - there will be increased localisation anything may happen in 12 Government have difficulty keeping promises over long periods - expatriate vulnerable economically and politically Chinese version more vague than English about Public Service, may lead to argument if expatriates are to be hired by SAR the going price will have to be paid which will be more than locals officers - AECS in their 30's should seek careers elsewhere soon should try to preserve conditions and expatriates should accept localisation with good grace all overseas officers should be retired compulsorily with compensation and offered contracts as advisers to expect them to continue as is with no promotion is unfair the Draft Agreement states judicial power will be independent, this implies executive and legislature will not be Basic Law will be founded on the Chinese constitution which is not worth the paper it is written on, it is ignored when convenient by the current clique I don't trust the Chinese Government will there be response by Secretary of State over pension payments, cost of living increases, tax rates, exchange difficulties - multi-national envirnoment is the secret of Hong Kong's success the racial clauses making different conditions for residence rights between Chinese and non-Chinese (Section XIV) are really a disgrace all born here should have full permanent residential rights a British presence after 1997 would be preferable there should be equal treatment for expatriates and locals a stronger localisation policy should be resisted no one has to come to Hong Kong there are advantages and disadvantages, anyone not - how prepared to accept the risks should stay at home can China accept such different salary levels HK Government will be under pressure to hold down salaries and increase taxes to narrow the gap the Draft Agreement is a satisfactory base for HK Government to build on, expatriates' future depends on the building and the use of English discussions handled poorly, Britain went to China, no referendum, local people had no say, local position on nationality not understood by Britain, no definition of Chinese National, non-Chinese national, talks held in Peking only, no real choice for - I work for the British Government HK anyone affected is a posting HMG should not transfer responsibility of paying my pension to SAR change is coming all will lose change will put Hong Kong's success at risk and guarantee deterioration.
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in the Draft Agreement unfortunate, will deprive Hong Kong of its international flavour which has made it so successful modern history of China not encouraging, difficult to believe two systems under China will work any system which makes people stateless is deplorable land sales arrangements will deprive Hong Kong of development capital IHK has been sold out for a few more years of worthwhile business those that made the decisions will quickly depart leaving the rest to face the music expatriate civil servants have different needs to locals, needs are not benefits future pension arrangements are a farce promotion by seniority is weighted against expatriates - 'Carpet Bagger' approach to employment fostered, take the money and run-morale fall- ing through the floor-agreement officers are just cannon fodder-The Draft Agreement is a disgrace for expatriates and Chinese, at least I can go-Britain has an obligation to those that are not prepared to accept communism, I am ashamed to be British and grateful to passive Chinese Britain will emerge with dishonour and I hope a conscience very few current agreement officers will be here in 1997 – prospects are progressively more bleak - I would refuse permanent and pensionable terms, the prospects for my generation expatriates are not good the private sector may be different privileges for foreign national civil servants are necessary, perhaps they will be employed as advisers instead - U.K. Government has not indicated phasing out present terms and conditions which it will have to holding a permanent I.D. card will be important post 1997 - what does permanent place of residence mean agreement employment suits me it is not fitting for expatriates to comment, they can leave any time persons working outside their countries must expect and accept political developments minority our views carry no weight
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me nothing - I'm not too optimistic, 13 years is a long time and many fears may prove groundless, I feel Hong Kong people will wish expatriates to remain in the Civil Service to maintain a foreign presence everyone came with their eyes open, careers may suffer - reduced offers of new contracts in future if Maggie had kept her mouth shut I reckon the lease could have been quietly rolled over, however she put PRC in a spot from which they had no way to back down without losing face, it's a shame she never served out here, she wouldn't have made that error permanent I.D. cards and residency requirements rule out expatriates some expatriate posts will be phased out, whatever we think there is nothing we can do about it-success depends on the strong democratic system in Hong Kong, arrangements for non-Chinese unsatisfactory, expatriates hardly fit into the future of Hong Kong what's all the fuss about, most of us can be dismissed at 3 months notice, I cannot see why there is a take it or leave it situation, if that is how the Chinese see it, the Assessment Office and AECS's questionnaire are waste of time I am appalled by the numbers of speeches being made by high Government officials saying the Draft Agreement contains so much detail, it doesn't after 2 years of silence from the British negotiators the current "white washing" campaign is irresponsible how many more concessions will be made whilst negotiations continue about the actual Agreement and what say will the H.K. people have about that forget the whole thing and don't make us look ridiculous we are shafted and that's that, at least accept with good grace and get out when it's over those fools who committed themselves locally, bought property
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