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These senior officials should also keep their

staff positively informed acout the

package and HKG's case for its defence.

own

(c)

They should present the package in the context

of an administration which has taken major

initiatives

to

expand its

programmes and to

improve its quality of

service CO the

community.

(d)

In

general,

the civil service

should

be

encouraged

to regard commitment and

PT}

ciency

དང་། ། ག་ག་ན་ས་ག་ས་གང་ན་ས་ ་ས་མ་ས་

as

its

best claims on CPG

goodwill and

community

approval as its best defence against

intimidation.

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23.

The CPC has threatened

create

a crisis

if HKG

persists with the constitutional package. This threat is

likely to become increasingly strident in coming weeks:

(a) HMG and HKG have been attacked for breaching

V.1.

the JD.

Wen

Wei Pao

has referred to the

J

possibility

of

the CPG

resuming sovereignty

before 1997.

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