SECRET AND PERSONAL
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HKA 233/1
Governor
~8 NOV 1993
M. Whe
3/11
Hmocs
Mr Moore
am
Dinner with WANG Fengchao,
Head of the Second Department of
the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office
3/x=
Interesting
1.
I managed to get Wang Fengchao to have a private dinner with me on 21 October in Peking. Wang was
accompanied by Zhang Xiaoming, the Division Chief of the
I was accompanied by Peter Lai.
HKMAO.
2.
Wang was careful throughout the dinner not to raise the constitutional issues. I obliged by not pressing him.
3.
I
in
I told Wang that my main purpose was to try to establish a dialogue with the Chinese side on civil service
I said matters, anticipating my forthcoming posting as SCS.
aware that that I did it on my own initiative, because I was civil service issues would loom large in the next few years and, frankly, these were in a sense more important than Lego issues in terms of securing a smooth transition. highlighted the importance of developing an informal and confidential dialogue on civil service issues between us, particular on the questions concerning principal official posts, and steps needed to maintain the morale and stability of the senior members of the civil service in what might prove to be choppy years ahead. Wang showed some interest, although he was careful not to commit himself to anything. He did ask me why I was not thinking of conducting a dialogue with the NCNA in Hong Kong which should after all be more in touch with the local conditions. had found most junior NCNA officials to be less in tune with the realities of Hong Kong then those in the HKMAO whom I get to know, other than perhaps MAO Jumian (a local Deputy Director, NCNA and a former secondary school teacher in
I said that I
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