Hong Kong, the military, etc.
Liberty in Hong Kong Gerard Baker may be overly sanguine about Hong Kong's democratic future ("One Country, Two Systems, Ten Years," June 25 / July 2). It's unsurprising that Hong Kong's free...
...It will not be easy to recruit these additional soldiers and Marines...
...Botha was at least 50 pounds heavier with a prominent mustache...
...Do all white people really look alike...
...But both services should proceed with caution...
...Bruce C. Lyon Lt...
...The Army has already lowered enlistment standards in its effort to achieve current recruiting targets and softened boot camp training to reduce attrition...
...The last two former mayors to serve as president were Grover Cleveland (Buffalo) and Calvin Coolidge (Northampton, Mass...
...With more than 50,000 firms and millions of employees located in the Pearl River Delta region, Hong Kong's economy is an integral part of the mainland's...
...It's unsurprising that Hong Kong's free economy continues to flourish...
...MATTHEW CONTINETTl's "An Unconventional Candidate" (June 18) states that Theodore Roosevelt was once a mayor...
...John W Coffey Fairfax, Va...
...I wish to draw attention to changes in Hong Kong's Civil Service, once the jewel in the crown of its government, justly renowned for independence, probity, and efficiency...
...Why would Beijing kill the goose that laid the golden egg, when China and Vietnam are demonstrating that economic freedom and political authoritarianism are compatible...
...Roy Nichols Columbus, Ohio...
...Personnel is everything in government, and several years ago the Hong Kong government introduced a set of Civil Service "reforms," chief of which was an extension from two to six years of the probationary period for granting Civil Service tenure...
...of Corrections IN the caption for a photograph accompanying James Kirchick's "How Tyranny Came to Zimbabwe" (June 18), Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, sitting next to Andrew Young, is identified as South African foreign minister Pik Botha...
...Col., USMC (ret...
...Dept...
...Nor should we expect precipitous, blatant political repression: China has the patience gradually to erode Hong Kong's political autonomy...
...Six years are not needed for gauging one's professional competency, but such a lengthy period may be useful for determining one's "political correctness...
...Tom Donnelly is correct: We need to increase the size of the Army and Marine Corps ("The Army We Need," June 4...
...Not even close...
...The nature of democratic rollback in Hong Kong is such that the "light of freedom" that Baker sees on the island will not be visibly snuffed out, but will dim, slowly, over time...
...Willington, Conn...
...Morris J. Amitay Fairfax, Va...
...Senior civil servants, still imbued with British standards and armed with their dual passports, opposed the measure...
...Other observers have noted Beijing's reneging on election of the chief executive, its tampering with the courts and lower representative bodies, and the growing self-censorship of Hong Kong's press, quite apart from the overt repression squelching coverage of Taiwan...
...Any further lowering of enlistment standards will become all too apparent in operation units, even if there are more of them...
...Young, would-be apparatchiks, eager to climb the ladder of political power, embraced it...
...TR did run for mayor of NYC, but he came in third...
Vol. 12 • July 2007 • No. 41
