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2 MAR 1978
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TO PRIORITY HONG KONG TEL NO 159 OF 27 FEBRUARY
YOUR TEL NO 203: COLONIAL REGULATION 18.
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1. PARAGRAPH 2 OF YOUR TEL APPEARS TO CONTRADICT PARAGRAPH 1, AS THERE CAN SURELY BE NO QUALIFIED SERVING OFFICERS IF IT HAS ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED THAT THERE ARE QUOTE NO SUITABLE OFFICERS,. ELIGIBLE FOR PROMOTION.... UNQUOTE, UNLESS PRESUMABLY SOMEONE
HAS BEEN OVERLOOKED AND THIS IS NOT DISCOVERED UNTIL OPEN RECRUIT- MENT HAS BEEN STARTED.
2. WE WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT YOUR GROUND RULES COULD BE SIMPLY STATED THUS:
WHEN A VACANCY OCCURS, IT SHOULD FIRST BE ESTABLISHED WHETHER THERE ARE ANY SUITABLE SERVING OFFICERS, LOCAL OR OVERSEAS, ELIGIBLE FOR APPOINTMENT OR PROMOTION TO THE POST. IF NO SUCH OFFICER CAN BE FOUND, OPEN RECRUITMENT SHOULD BE UNDERTAKEN. THE CLAIMS OF ALL QUALIFIED LOCAL CANDIDATES FROM OUTSIDE THE PUBLIC SERVICE, TOGETHER WITH THOSE OF ANY SUITABLE SERVING OFFICERS, LOCAL OR OVERSEAS, WHO WERE PREVIOUSLY OVERLOOKED FOR ANY REASON, SHOULD THEN BE CONSIDERED AND RECOMMENDATIONS FORWARDED TO THE PUBLIC SERVICES COMMISSION. IF AFTER THIS NO SUITABLE CANDIDATE CAN BE FOUND, ONLY THEN SHOULD NON-PUBLIC SERVICE APPLICANTS BE SOUGHT FROM OVERSEAS.
3. THE ABOVE WOULD SEEM TO REFLECT YOUR INTENTIONS AS SET OUT IN YOUR TEL, WHILE SATISFYING CR18. THIS REGULATION IS OF COURSE SUBJECT TO THE TERMS OF CR19 AND CR20,
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