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The Hon. D.R. Ford, LVO, OBE, JP,N

Chief Secretary,

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wish to know that at the request of Mr. T.S. Lo I saw two visitors from Beijing who were said to be here on a private visit:

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Mr. CHEN YiZitate - jizzed,

(陈一谘)

Director, National Economic System Reform Institute of China

Co-Chairman, Fund for Reform and Opening of China, Inc.

Mr. LU Zhonglin (1)

Office Director, Beijing Office, Fund for Reform and Opening of China, Inc.

Commissioner for Chinese Language kindly provided a putonghua interpreter for this morning's meeting.

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I briefed them on the role of the PSC, including

I handed them the background to its establishment.

each a set of papers provided by SCS (as previously provided for BLDC, I am told) and a copy of my predecessor's 1986 Report. At their request a copy of Civil Service Pay Scales was also provided.

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Mr. Chen asked about the Governor's right of veto. I stressed the advisory role of the PSC, but due to the soundness of my predecessors' advice I am not aware of any cases where their advice had not been acted upon.

I also mentioned that the UK Civil Service Commission's role was executive.

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