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TRANSCRIPT D: SELECT COMMITTER ON HONG KONG 12 JUNE 1989

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SIR DAVID VILSON:

I would put it in terms of the need for assurances

for people who are in crown service, not necessarily and

not only in terms of section 45 but assurances that give

them confidence about their own future.

it is

It is, I think, very important for the whole of Hong

Kung and this is not just a question of looking after

civil servants because they are civil servants,

finding assurances for civil servants so that they can

maintain an effective administration for the benefit of

the whole community, that is what is crucial.

MR. TEMPLB-MORRIS:

So that is the name of the game. You are talking

about effective and binding assurances?

SIR DAVID VILSON :

That is correct, yes.

MR. TEMPLE-MORRIS:

Going from crown servants just on to another

category if I may. What has been troubling us and

causing difficulty and I am sure you have had the same

problem with it, is once you go beyond crown servants

and for the sake of time I am ignoring the smaller