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9. In a modern and large civil service such as Hong Kong's,

which now has over 180,000 civil servants, it is

impracticable for the Governor to be involved in relatively routine disciplinary matters and I recommend that we accept

the Governor's advice.

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✓ Stare.

M V Stone

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