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NCNA HK Branch
Vice-director
Lee Wai-ting at a meeting with civil service unions
Chinese source quoted by ATV- Home
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Wen Wei Po editorial
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Wei Yan in Wen Wei Po
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The Government should consult the Chinese side on any major policy change but it has not done so in this case. The implementation of the localisation policy has been too slow.
The new policy is tantamount to
"localising" expatriates and going against the principle of "HK people ruling HK". It violates the BL and the JD.
The measure, announced suddenly while Legco is in recess, is part of the British
summer vacation offensive". It runs counter to the BL and the JD. The real motive of the British side is to plant their handpicked officials in the SAR administration.
The move destroys the basis for implementing Article 101 of the BL, which stipulates that posts of secretaries and directors have to be taken up by Chinese nationals with HKSAR permanent residency and with no right of abode overseas.
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Hon Man in Wen Wei Po and Tsui Tong in HK Commercial Daily
The measure is aimed at looking after the interests of British civil servants.
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Kwan Chiu in Ta Kung Pao
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Chinese source quoted by ATV- Home
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HK Commercial Daily editorial
The move is a political one aimed at barring local officers from rising to top posts during the last few years of transition.
The Government has only informed the Chinese side of the new policy on an informal occasion. It is understood that the HKMAO agrees with views expressed by two NCNA HK Branch vice-directors and will study the impact of the policy on the pace of localisation.
In the latter part of the transition, Britain is turning local officers into British citizens through the British Nationality Package and expatriate staff into "local people" through the new measure. In this way, these "false foreigners" and "false HK people" will remain at the centre of power in HK.
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