0001740
F. 174
CONFIDENTIAL.
Page..
5
File No.....
Drafted by- Typed by-
Date-
the Public Service; overseas recruitment is
usually only undertaken when such local
candidates are not available, or are availa-
ble in insufficient numbers. Once in the
service, local and overseas officers are
placed on a common seniority list and
progress to the higher ranks is on the basis
of their merit and seniority. It follows
therefore that as time goes by more local
officers may be expected to proceed into
the higher ranks; progress in this direction
is reported in appendices to the annual
Reports on the Public Service.
Attached to
this letter are oopies of the appendices from
the 1968 Report which are the latest availa-
ble; the Report for 1969 is exposted to be
published-in the first half
irst half of 4970.
:
(vii)
Land Policy
It is understood that the District Commissioner, New Territories, addressed. a letter to the Heung Yee Kuk on 28 July, 1969, on various aspects of land policy, and that the District Commissioner is likely to address you further in due course in respect of certain matters not covered in that letter, in the light of the most recent of the regular discussions on this subject which take place between the Heung Yee Kuk and the New Territories Administration.
CONFIDEN