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HKU LECTURER ZEE SZE-YONG SAID THAT THE HK GOVERNMENT'S SUDDEN
ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TSING-MA BRIDGE WAS A
POLITICAL DECISION. LAU SIU-KAY OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY SAID THAT THE AIRPORT PROJECT WAS NOT IN LINE WITH NEW MEASURES PROPOSED BY THE GOVERNOR IN HIS POLICY ADDRESS AND THAT IF THE PROJECT WAS GIVEN A LARGE SHARE OF RESOURCES, IT WOULD LEAD TO SOCIAL CONFLICTS. REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE UNITED DEMOCRATS OF HK SAID THAT THIS WAS AN INTERNAL MATTER FOR HK AND SHOULD BE DECIDED BY HK PEOPLE. LEGCO MEMBER KINGSLEY SIT SAID THAT THE GOVERNMENT'S
DECISION WAS A POLITICAL ONE AND NOT BASED ON SCIENTIFIC DATA.
CIVIL SERVANTS IN POLITICS
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THE GOVERNMENT WOULD ISSUE A CIRCULAR TO CIVIL SERVANTS CONTAINING GUIDELINES REGARDING THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN POLITICAL ACTIVITIES, THE MEDIA (19.10) REPORTED. MOST HIGHLIGHTED THAT DIRECTORATE OFFICERS, ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS AND INFORMATION OFFICERS WOULD BE PROHIBITED FROM PARTICIPATING IN POLITICAL ACTIVITIES BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THEIR DUTIES. CIVIL SERVICE UNIONS WERE REPORTED TO HAVE REACTED MILDLY TO THE NEW GUIDELINES AND FOUND THEM ACCEPTABLE.
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SIR DAVID SAID HE WAS CONFIDENT ABOUT HK AFTER 1997 AND CALLED
ON WEST EUROPEAN COUNTRIES TO CONTRIBUTE MORE ACTIVELY TO HK'S DEVELOPMENT. SIR DAVID POINTED OUT THAT SINO-HK RELATIONS WAS IMPROVING. SOME PAPERS (17.10) REPORTED THAT IN ROME, SIR DAVID SUGGESTED TO THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT THAT THE RIGHT OF ABODE TO EMPLOYEES OF ITALIAN FIRMS IN HK BE GRANTED.
NATIONALITY
THE MEDIA (17.10) REPORTED THAT (NEXT TWO WORDS UNDERLINED) BARONESS DUNN SAID THAT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BRITISH NATIONALITY PACKAGE COULD HELP ALLEVIATE HK'S BRAIN DRAIN PROBLEM.
SHE SAID THAT THE POINTS SYSTEM WAS AS FAIR AS THE GOVERNMENT COULD
DEVISE SINCE THE GOVERNMENT WAS ANSWERABLE TO PARLIAMENT. SING TAO JIH PAO (17.10) QUOTED THE DIRECTOR OF NCNA HK BRANCH, ZHOU NAN, AS SAYING THAT THE CHINESE STANCE ON THE BRITISH NATIONALITY PACKAGE
HAD NOT CHANGED. DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION DONALD TSANG SAID THAT PEOPLE WITH THE RIGHT OF ABODE IN TAIWAN WOULD HAVE 200 MARKS DEDUCTED BECAUSE THEY HAD THE RIGHT OF ABODE OUTSIDE HK AND MAINLAND CHINA, THE PAPERS (19.10) REPORTED. AN OPINION POLL
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