CONFIDENTIAL
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grades outside Education Department.
In addition, 263
teachers had been redeployed within the Education Department
and 10 had applications to retire early approved.
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GENERAL GRADES DIVISION
4.
Meetings between the Civil Service Branch and
Typists
the second Committee of the Typists Unit of the Chinese
Civil Servants Association have led to agreement.
are now co-operating with Government and working normally.
5.
On 10th October 1977 the Shorthand Audio Typists
Association submitted a petition to the Governor, which
they copied to all members of the Executive and Legislative
Councils. The Association has become independent and
is no longer a Unit of the CCSA. The reason for this, it
is believed, is that the CCSA was lukewarm towards their
case and urged them to accept Government's proposals.
6.
The processing of the petition, which summarized
their case but containing nothing new of substance,
coincided with the visit to Hong Kong of Mr J.A.B. Stewart
who, on the 18th October 1977, on the directions of Lord
Goronwy-Roberts met a small delegation from the SATA and
listened to their case.
7.
The petition has been answered along the lines
of earlier petitions and letters from the SATA, all of
which have been answered in detail.
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