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Whether the

Chinese need

to be consulted/

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Annex I Section IV: The Public Service

CA Branch Liaison Officer : PAS(CA)6

Date for HMG/HKG

to start deliberation

Item & JD/BL reference

Action

informed and

Officer

if so, timing

i. Agree posts for

*SCS

Necessary.

1990

which expatriates

will not be

eligible. Consider implications for

career structures of expatriate officers

(See also item (1)

of Annex I

Section IV)

Present Position

The status of certain senior posts and of local officers holding a foreign passport will need to be clarified with the Chinese now that the Basic Law hás been promulgated.

Relevant Considerations

chinese

10th Edition (June 1990)

Target Completion Date

1992

comments that

they will take hitter action re the Nationality

I would leave consultation

a

не

while ad hope Me

clarèse hard lines die off селён

candidates for fint "forminpect officials

fromming I candidates

Scheme

* Please mark an against the officer with overall responsibility

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