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TO PRIORITY F.C.O TELNO.203 OF 22 FEBRUARY 78,
INFO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON.
FROM CIVIL SERVICE BRANCH.
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COLONIAL REGULATION 18.
1. OPEN RECRUITMENT IS ONLY RESORTED TO WHEN IT HAS BEEN
ESTABLISHED THAT THERE ARE NO SUITABLE OFFICERS, LOCAL OR OVERSEAS, ELIGIBLE FOR PROMOTION TO THE POST.
2. ONCE OPEN RECRUITMENT IS RESORTED TO, IT IS PRESENT PRACTICE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH LOCALISATION POLICY, FOR ALL QUALIFIED LOCAL CANDIDATES (SERVING OFFICERS AND OUTSIDERS) TO BE INTERVIEWED AND RECOMMENDATIONS FORWARDED TO THE PUBLIC SERVICES COMMISSION BEFORE OVERSEAS CANDIDATES (INCLUDING SERVING OVERSEAS OFFICERS)
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3. A POSSIBLE PROBLEM ARISES BECAUSE COLONIAL REGULATION 18 SAYS,
INTER ALIA, THAT THE CLAIMS OF MERITORIOUS OFFICERS IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE WILL GENERALLY TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER THOSE OF PERSONS NOT
ALREADY IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE. IN THIS CONTEXT WE INTERPRET THIS
TO MEAN THAT ALL OFFICERS WITH PROMOTION CLAIMS HAVE PRECEDENCE
OVER EXTERNAL CANDIDATES, BUT THAT OTHERWISE WE CAN PROCEED AS IN
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4. GRATEFUL FOR CONFIRMATION BY TELEGRAM (BECAUSE OF CURRENT
EXERCISE AT CHIEF PROFESSIONAL LEVEL) THAT THIS IS AN ACCEPTABLE
INTERPRETATION OF THE REGULATION. WE FEAR THAT ANY OTHER MAY LEAD TO OUR SINCERITY IN LOCALISATION BEING QUESTIONED BOTH BY LOCAL CIVIL SERVANTS AND BY THE PUBLIC AT LARGE.
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