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towards the figure of 225,000. Representatives of junior

ranks,

notably the Model Scale 1 staff, have urged that

broad cross-section

of the Civil Service should be

included

in

the scheme. They are particularly opposed

to an elitist approach.

4.

At

the

individual

level,

many junior civil

servants

announcement the regard

as confirming their

fears

while

the that

scheme

would be out of their reach,

senior

officers prefer to keep a low profile, in

order not to attract public attention.

Middle-ranking

Some

making either

ΟΙ

greatest uncertainty.

to be alternative plans, and Singapore seems to

reported already

officers are

feeling

the

are

contemplating

be gaining

favour,

the as

more popular destination

countries are proving increasingly difficult.

5.

PRC's

unsettling.

effectiveness

hard line has not proved particularly

doubt on the But it does

cast

of the scheme after 1997, especially as

the

PRC

had

previously

announced

that all

ethnic

Chinese in

Kong Hong

be would

regarded

as Chinese

nationals.