A parliamentary official said more students would be invited in the future.

"We have agreed so far for them to come and see for themselves," he said in a meeting with government, judicial and parliamentary officials.

Meanwhile the Socialists decided not to join the LDP in pressing an immediate resolution to oust a key parliamentary official from the ruling coalition.

Mr. Xu, the former parliamentary official, said he believed that Hong Kong had become restive mainly because of economic issues.

I've just had some clarification from a parliamentary official about the salary.

In most Commonwealth nations, special wigs are also worn by barristers, judges, and certain parliamentary officials as a symbol of the office.

But parliamentary officials have said that passage of any laws during the current legislative period, which ends in late 1990, was unlikely.

For this reason - it is a purely technical body - it is not appropriate to open the board to MEPs and other parliamentary officials.

Still, considering the magnitude of the changes in three years, said a parliamentary official, "it's amazing that the Government has the support it does."

And in Seoul, a parliamentary official has even said he is thinking of stocking up food in case of soaring military tensions.