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Mr Yu Shouhai (F), Deputy Head of the Fourth
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Dept., who hosted a dinner for the HK delegation.
He
appeared to be one of the old guards and did not have
the comparatively more open attitude of some of his
colleagues. It was also evident that our HKMAO minders
present at the dinner were more afraid of him than any
of the other senior HKMAO officials whom we met.
3.
Most of the officials we met during the visit were
quite young, either in their 30s or 40s. Some have
obviously studied or travelled abroad. I gained the
impression from talking to them that most of them
considered that reforms were inevitable in the PRC and
that they were committed to carrying out reforms.
However the sheer size of the country, the size of her
population and the difference in the rate of
development among provinces and regions would make the
implementation of reforms difficult. Hence in terms of
economic reforms, more emphasis was now placed on
decentralization and in keeping directive planning
4.
( 44 ) to the essential minimum. (指令性計劃
The arrangements made by the HKMAO were on the whole
well-organised. Our delegation secretary Miss Linda So
also did a first-class job in liaising with our
minders, keeping the delegation informed of news in
Hong Kong, and attending efficiently to the many
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