Personalities
(a) Chang Hsiaoping (5)
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10.
Chang, being a young and knowledgeable person, was
highly commended by members of
the last delegation.
We
were able to find out a bit more about his background this
tine.
He works
as
a liaison
officer in the Second
НКМАО, State Council.
Although he has
Department of, the
only joined the HKMAO for about a year, he occupies a more
senior position than Chen
Bengling who have worked for a
longer period in the HKMAO, and nearly as senior as the
much older Li Quanli. Chang has worked for some years in
the National Tourism Bureau and
have studied abroad for
sone years
before assuming
assuming his present position.
It
appears that he has a politically privileged background as
he vaguely mentioned that his father (a professor) had
connections with some very senior cadres.
11.
I was impressed by Chang's knowledge in Hong Kong
affairs and his confidence in himself. In particular he is
very sensitive of the way we think and what our concerns
In various briefings, the speakers were unable to
detect the thrust of the more subtle questions raised by
are.
the
delegation and it was Chang who spelt out our concerns
in a more explicit manner for us. During our visit to the
Ministry of Personnel, for example, we were briefed on the
'Hui Bi' system (under which civil servants who
were born in a certain locality would not be posted to the
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