TNAG-2669-FCO40-3866-Hong-Kong-Civil-Service-1993 — Page 126

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CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM AND IF THE TWO SIDES DISCUSSED LONG TERM CIVIL

SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS IN THE JLG, THE PRESENT ISSUE WOULD INEVITABLY BE TOUCHED UPON.

4. THE SOURCES ALSO SAID THE CHINESE SIDE HOPED THAT HKG WOULD MAKE EFFECTIVE MEASURES TO ELIMINATE THE PAST UNFAIR TREATMENT OF LOCAL CIVIL SERVANTS. HOWEVER THE CHINESE SIDE WOULD NOT REQUEST HKG TO REPLACE OLD UNFAIRNESS WITH NEW UNFAIRNESS. THE BL PROVIDED EXPLICITLY THAT CIVIL SERVANTS OF FOREIGN NATIONALITIES COULD

REMAIN IN THE SAR GOVERNMENT. THE CHINESE SIDE DID NOT INTEND TO

DISCRIMINATE AGAINST SUCH CIVIL SERVANTS WHO WERE WILLING TO STAY

IN HONG KONG AND WERE ABLE TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE BL.

5. THE HONG KONG DAILY NEWS (20 AUGUST) ALSO QUOTED CHINESE SOURCES AS SAYING THAT IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT TO

ACCEPT THAT A PERSON COULD HAVE TWO PLACES OF PERMANENT RESIDENCE. IF A FOREIGN NATIONAL WANTED TO BECOME A HK PERMANENT RESIDENT, HE MUST REGISTER HK AS HIS ONLY PLACE OF PERMANENT RESIDENCE.

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