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CONSULAR PROTECTION
15. THE EXPRESS QUOTED THE CHINESE SIDE AS SAYING THAT CANADIAN CHINESE WHO WENT TO MAINLAND CHINA SHOULD APPLY FOR A VISA BECAUSE BY SO DOING, THEY WOULD BE REGARDED AS FOREIGN NATIONALS AND ENJOY CONSULAR PROTECTION.
DENMARK
16. THE PAPERS REPORTED THAT THE DANISH FOREIGN MINISTER, UFFE ELLEMAN-JENSEN, SAID THAT BEFORE 1997, DENMARK WOULD OFFER WORK PERMITS TO LOCAL EMPLOYEES OF DANISH FIRMS IN HK.
BRAIN DRAIN
17. A POLL OF 500 PEOPLE BY A LOCAL RESEARCH COMPANY REVEALED THAT HK'S BRAIN DRAIN WAS EASING AND THAT ONLY 26.2 PERCENT OF THE RESPONDENTS HAD INDICATED THAT THEY WISED TO EMIGRATE.
AIRPORT
18. THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, ANSON CHAN, SAID SHE HOPED THAT THE NEXT ROUND OF EXPERT MEETINGS WOULD BE HELD AT THE END OF THE YEAR OR EARLY NEXT YEAR AND THAT IF IT WAS NECESSARY, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WOULD GO TO PEKING. MRS CHAN MADE IT CLEAR THAT THE PROJECT WOULD NOT BE SUSPENDED. THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE HUTCHISON GROUP, SIMON MURRAY, SAID THAT THE GOVERNMENT'S PLANS TO DEVELOP HK'S PORT SHOULD BE CO-ORDINATED WITH PLANS IN SHENZHEN AND THAT IT SHOULD DISCUSS THE AIRPORT PROJECT WITH CHINA TO AVOID ANY DISPUTE. THE NEW HK ALLIANCE SAID THAT THE PROVISIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY HAD ALLOWED FOR THE CREATION OF AN AUTHORITY WHICH COULD NOT BE CONTROLLED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND THAT THEY FELT THAT THE ORDINANCE HAD GRANTED TOO MUCH POWER FOR THE USE OF FUNDS ON THE AIRPORT PROJECT. A LECTURER AT THE CITY POLYTECHNIC, HO YAN-KEI, SAID THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD DEPARTED FROM THE TRADITION OF MEASURING EXPENDITURE AGAINST REVENUE IN ARRANGING FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE PADS PROJECTS.
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