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NATIONALITY LAW WOULD BE APPLIED TO THE HK CIVIL SERVICE AFTER 1997. THE CLAUSE SAID: ''STATE FUNCTIONARIES AND MILITARY PERSONNEL ON ACTIVE SERVICE SHALL NOT RENOUNCE CHINESE NATIONALITY.'' SING TAO JIH PAO (17.7) REPORTED THAT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE APPLYING FOR NATURALISATION CONTINUED TO INCREASE AS A TOTAL OF 512 APPLICATIONS FOR NATURALISATION WERE RECEIVED FROM JULY 1 TO
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CIVIL SERVANTS
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THE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE, SPOKE ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHINA AND THE LOCAL CIVIL SERVANTS IN A SPEECH ON CHANGES FACING THE CIVIL SERVICE, THE MEDIA (12.7) REPORTED. HE SAID THAT THERE WERE SOME ASPECTS OF THE CHANGE OF SOVEREIGNTY WHICH AFFECTED CIVIL SERVANTS MORE DIRECTLY THAN OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. CIVIL SERVANTS WOULD HAVE TO ADJUST TO A NEW POLITICAL SYSTEM, GIVEN THE INEVITABLE CHANGES THAT WOULD RESULT FROM THE 1991 AND 1995 DIRECT ELECTIONS TO LEGCO. HE POINTED OUT THAT THERE WOULD BE CHANGES IN CIVIL SERVANTS' RELATIONSHIP WITH CHINA. THE MORE HK CIVIL SERVANTS KNEW ABOUT AND UNDERSTOOD THE WORKINGS OF THE CHINESE BUREAUCRACY, AND VICE VERSA, THE BETTER IT WOULD BE FOR BOTH PARTIES.
BILL OF RIGHTS
7. EXCO HAD DEFERRED A DECISION ON A REVISED DRAFT OF THE BILL OF RIGHTS BECAUSE MEMBERS WANTED MORE TIME TO DISCUSS THE PIECE OF LEGISLATION, RADIO-3 AND THE SCM POST (11.7) REPORTED. THE POST SAID THAT A PROPOSAL TO REDUCE THE SCOPE AND DURATION OF THE PROPOSED FREEZE PERIOD WAS GENERALLY ACCEPTED BY EXCO MEMBERS. REPRESENTATIVES OF NEW TERRITORIES WOMEN, THE HK COUNCIL FOR WOMEN AND FOUR OTHER WOMEN'S RIGHTS ASSOCIATIONS PETITIONED OMELCO SAYING THAT THE PROPOSED BILL OF RIGHTS DID NOT CONTAIN ENOUGH PROVISIONS ADDRESSING SEXUAL EQUALITY. HOWEVER, 27 RURAL COMMITTEES UNDER THE HEUNG YEE KUK ISSUED A JOINT STATEMENT ASKING THE GOVERNMENT TO SAFEGUARD THE TRADITIONAL RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS RESIDENTS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES. THEY CLAIMED THAT THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL WITHOUT GIVING EXEMPTION TO THE CUSTOMARY RIGHTS AND USAGES RELATING TO LAND HOLDINGS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WOULD BREACH THE JD AND BL. THE KUK WOULD WRITE TO THE JLG TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS ON THE BILL.
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FANG LIZHI TOLD A LONDON NEWSPAPER, THE INDEPENDENT, THAT ALL DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS IN HK WOULD BE REMOVED IF THE CURRENT PEKING LEADERSHIP REMAINED IN POWER WHEN THE TERRITORY REVERTED TO CHINESE RULE IN 1997, THE MEDIA (14.7) REPORTED IN GOOD COVERAGE. THE JLG
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