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AND MS CHAN AS TO WHETHER HK PEOPLE HOLDING TWO PASSPORTS WOULD BE

REGARDED AS HAVING DUAL NATIONALITY. THEY SUGGESTED THAT ALTHOUGH

CHINA'S POLICY WAS AGAINST DUAL NATIONALITY, THE HOLDING OF TWO PASSPORTS SHOULD NOT BE REGARDED AS AN OFFENCE #N THE SAR. SOME

BLCC MEMBERS SAID HOWEVER THAT ONLY THE CENTRAL PEOPLE'S

GOVERNMENT COULD DETERMINE NATIONALITY ARRANGEMENTS. DENIS CHANG, BAR ASSOCIATION CHAIRMAN, SAND THAT THE VIEW OF LEGAL PROFESSIONALS

WAS THAT THE FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION STIPULATED IN THE JOINT

DECLARATION SHOULD INCLUDE THE FREEDOM TO FORM POLITICAL PARTIES.

THEY ALSO SAID THAT PERMANENT RESIDENTS OF THE HK SAR WITH TEN

YEARS OF RESIDENCE SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO STAND FOR ELECTION.

BUT ONLY CHINESE NATIONALS SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO TAKE PART IN

STATE AFFAIRS SUCH AS ELECTING NPC DELEGATES.

3. CIVIL SERVANTS: COMMERCIAL RADIO REPORTED THAT SECRETARY FOR THE

CHVIL SERVICE AND HIS DEPUTY HANDER BARMA BRIEFED REPRESENTATIVES

OF THE SENIOR CIVIL SERVICE COUNCIL ON ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE NEW

CHVIL PENSHON SCHEME WHICH HAD BEEN DISCUSSED AT JLG. DEPUTY

SECRETARY FOR THE CHWIL SERVICE NICHOLAS NG SAND THE JLG EXPERT

MEETING ON PENSIONS DUE TO BE HELD IN PEKING LATER IN THE MONTH

WOULD DISCUSS TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF THE NEW PENSION SCHEME. UNDER

THE NEW SCHEME, SOURCES SAND, A CIVIL SERVANT RETIRING AT THE AGE OF 60 WOULD RECEIVE HALF HIS PENSION IN A LUMP SUM. THE REMAINING

HALF WOULD BE PAID OUT ON A MONTHLY BASHS.

ON LOCALISATION, MR BARMA SAID ON TVB PEARL THAT THE GOVERNEMENT

WOULD LOOK FIVE YEARS AHEAD TO SEE WHETHER ANY LOCAL OFFICER WOULD

BE READY TO ASSUME A PARTICULAR POST BEFORE DECIDING WHETHER AN

OVERSEAS OFFICER'S CONTRACT SHOULD BE RENEWED. VICE PRESIDENT OF

THE EXPATRIATE CIVIL SERVANTS ASSOCIATION MIKE ROWSE SAND

EXPATRIATE CIVIL SERVANTS WERE ENTITLED TO KNOW WHETHER THEY HAD A

PLACE IN HK FOR THE REST OF THEIR CAREERS.

4. AVIATION: REPORTING A GOVERNMENT SOURCE, ECONOMIC JOURNAL AND

ORIENTAL DAILY NEWS SAID THAT HK HAD DRAWN UP ARRANGEMENTS TO SOLVE THE QUESTION OF HK'S BILATERAL CIVIL AVIATION AGREEMENTS WITH

OTHER COUNTRIES. THE BRITISH SIDE EXPLAINED THESE ARRANGEMENTS TO

THE CHINESE AT THE RECENT JLG MEETING. THESE ARRANGEMENTS MEANT HK

GOVERNMENT COULD SIGN AGREEMENTS WITH OTHER COUNTRIES WHICH COULD BE VALID BEYOND 1997 BY ITSELF. BRITAIN WOULD NOTTNEED TO CONSULT CHINA BUT WOULD BRIEF CHINA ON THIS MATTER FROM TIME TO TIME.

5. TRAVEL DOCUMENTS: THE ORIENTAL DAILY NEWS QUOTED A GOVERNMENT

OFFICIAL AS SAYING THAT FROM JULY 1987, RESIDENTS APPLYING FOR A NEW CERTIFICATE OF IDENTITY WOULD BE HSSUED WITH A NEW IDENTITY CARD AT THE SAME TIME. THIS WAS BECAUSE THE NEW CH WOULD

HAVE AN ENDORSEMENT REFERRING TO THE NEW ID CARD.

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