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change to local contract or pensionable terms; or

(a) the policy of appointing

officers/expatriate

children of overseaS

employees on overseas terms

irrespective of the merits of the case or the wishes

of the candidate concerned.

suld

22.

that

argone + prevent these This are not manent

iridurti.

Article 21 of the Bill of Rights confers rights од

"permanent residents" of Hong Kong.

isacion posi

Persons other than permanent residents have no right of

access to the public service under Article 21 (or, indeed,

under any other provision Of the Bill of Rights).

Preserving employment in the public service for local

people is similarly recognised in Article 48(4) of the

(establishing the European Economic

excludes "employment

Treaty of Rome

Community). This

sexvice" from

from the scope of

scope

employment

without

in the public

of the right to

the right to equality in

discrimination on the ground of

nationality.

23.

But to

(whether by reference to any of the distinctions mentioned

in Article 1(1) of the Bill of Rights or by reference to

any other unreasonable restriction),

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