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TKS
OK FOR Nion,
CADY PSE KK
-Akkadu
JUN 1978
ADVANCE COPY
INDEX
No
HOFO 836/2
RR F C O
NO DISTRIBUTION
Enter Now
dublo
Sea (25 X24,
GR 285
CYPHER CAT A
FM HONG KONG @21830%
CONFIDENTIAL
STAFF IN CONFIDENCE
TO ROUTINE F C O TEL NO 678 OF 2 JUNE 1978.
FOR MURRAY FROM GOVERNOR.
MY TELNO 6501 INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION AND
COMMISSIONER FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE.
1. MY PARA 2 1 GRATEFUL FOR REPLY.
2. MY PARA 4:1 WILL WISH TO DISCUSS WITH CATER AND SIR DENYS
ROBERTS AFTER HIS RETURN, BUT MY PERSONAL THINKING IS [-
A. F K LI, NOW SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, APPOINTMENT OF A CHINESE TO HEAD THE COMMISSION WOULD BE VERY POPULAR LOCALLY AND WOULD ENCOURAGE THE CIVIL SERVICE TO BELIEVE THE CLAIMS OF LOCALS
TO PROMOTION WILL BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY.
B. AS REPLACEMENT FOR LI, AKERS-JONES, CURRENTLY SECRETARY FOR
NEW TERRITORIES. WITH THE PROGRESSIVE REGIONALISATION OF ADMINISTRATION IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF TOWN MANAGERS ADVISED BY LOCAL DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARDS, THE ROLE OF THE SECRETARY OF THE NEW TERRITORIES WILL DIMINISH, I THEREFORE FAVOUR COMBINING THE ROLES OF SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS AND SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES (BOTH BASICALLY ARE CONCERNED WITH RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE, AND THE REGIONAL COORDINATION OF DEPARTMENTAL PROGRAMMES) BUT WITH TWO DEPUTIES, ONE FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES AND ONE FOR THE OLD URBAN DISTRICT. THIS WILL BE NECESSARY BOTH FOR THE SAKE OF CONTINUITY IN CONTACTS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AND ALSO BECAUSE THE PACE OF CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT IS SO GREAT THAT OVERALL COORDINATION BY A SENIOR OFFICER WILL BE ESSENTIAL FOR SEVERAL YEARS TO COME.
3. I WILL TELEGRAPH FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS LATER IN THE MONTH, BUT PARAGRAPH 2 IS TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT AT THIS STAGE IF YOU WANT TO.
MACLEHOSE
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