Government dismisses rumours
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Regarding the rumours on the Internet that "the Government would soon publish in the Gazette a requirement for civil servants to take an oath and renounce their BNO status", a government spokesman clarified today (July 3) that the rumours are unfounded.
The Government will report the progress of the study on the proposal on oath-taking by civil servants at the Legislative Council Panel on Public Service meeting next Friday (July 10).
Ends/Friday, July 3, 2020
Issued at HKT 16:42
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