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4. QUOTING A REPORT IN THE LATEST ISSUE OF THE FAR EASTERN ECONOMIC REVIEW, THE ORIENTAL DAILY NEWS (19.5) SAID THAT A VICE- DIRECTOR OF THE NCNA HK BRANCH, QIAO ZONGHUAI, HAD SAID AT A DINNER RECEPTION FOR THE LAW SOCIETY OF HK THAT EVEN IF ONE MILLION HK PEOPLE LEFT THE TERRITORY, THERE WOULD STILL BE SOME 5 MILLION PEOPLE HERE. IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO GO TO LEAVE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
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THE MACAU GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED THAT PREPARATIONS WERE BEING MADE FOR THE INTEGRATION OF MACAU CIVIL SERVANTS INTO THE PORTUGUESE CIVIL SERVICE, THE HK STANDARD REPORTED (20.5). THE PAPER SAID THAT THE 4 000 MACAU CIVIL SERVANTS WERE TO GET RESIDENCY RIGHTS IN PORTUGAL AND WOULD BE GUARANTEED GOVERNMENT JOBS AT THE SAME RANK THEY HELD IN THE ENCLAVE. ALL MACAU CIVIL SERVANTS WOULD BE ELIGIBLE UNDER THE SCHEME, IRRESPECTIVE OF PLACE OF BIRTH OR ETHNIC ORIGIN, SO LONG AS HE HELD A PORTUGUESE PASSPORT.
BILL OF RIGHTS
6. THE BRITISH TEAM ON THE JLG WAS DISCUSSING THE PROPOSED BILL OF RIGHTS WITH ITS CHINESE COUNTERPART, SING TAO JIH PAO (16.5) REPORTED. SCA MICHAEL SUEN TOLD THE PAPER HE FELT THAT THE CHINESE WERE NOT STRONGLY OPPOSED TO THE BILL. HE SAID THAT DURING THE LAST ROUND OF JLG TALKS, THE CHINESE HAD NOT CLEARLY POINTED OUT WHICH AREAS OF THE BILL HAD CONTRAVENED THE BL OR THE JD. HE WAS CONFIDENT THAT CHINA WOULD CHANGE ITS ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE BILL.
(16.5)
7. SING TAO JIH PAO
SAID THAT THE ICAC HAD INCREASED CONTACTS WITH PEOPLE AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL TO EXPLAIN TO THEM THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE BILL OF RIGHTS FOR ITS POWERS. IT SAID THAT THE MOVE WAS AIMED AT CANVASSING SUPPORT FOR THE RETENTION OF THE EXISTING POWERS OF THE ICAC. THE HEUNG YEE KUK WAS WORRIED THAT THE PROPOSED BILL OF RIGHTS MIGHT INFRINGE ON PROVISIONS IN THE JD AND THE BL SAFEGUARDING THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS RESIDENTS IN THE NT, WEN WEI PO (19.5) REPORTED. KUK CHAIRMAN LAU WONG-FAT STRESSED THAT THE KUK, APART FROM CONSULTING THE LEGCO AD HOC GROUP ON THE BILL OF RIGHTS, WOULD SEEK THE VIEWS OF OTHER LEGAL EXPERTS TO CLARIFY WHETHER THE BILL WAS IN BREACH OF THE JD AND BL.
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