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same place so as to avoid favouritism and corruption.

of what geographical level, eg.

then raised the

regions, province,

question

cities etc, was the system applied to,

-with

concern over

mind.

'Hong Kong people ruling Hong Kong' in

Officials of the Ministry of Personnel answer the

question in a straight forward manner, failing to detect

our inner

raise the

concerns.

Chang, however, was smart enough to

very question

question during the dinner with officials

from the Ministry, and we were assured that the system

would not apply to Special Administrative Region.

12.

Fund.

At one of the official dinners, Chang all of a

sudden raised with me a question concerning the HKSARG Land

He asked what were my views on the Land Fund's

purchase of HIT shares.

I said that I was not in a

capacity to give an official view, but from the angle of an

average Hong Kong resident, I would like to see that Land

Fund investment, nade on economically rational decisions

and sound legal basis, fetched good returns. Chang,

knowing this was a sensitive subject, did not press

further. That was the only occasion during the visit where

I was sounded by Chinese officials on contentious issue.

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