CONFIDENTIAL
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT
Report of the Civil Service Branch for the period
1st May 1978 to 31st July 1978
APPOINTMENTS DIVISION
During the reporting period 276 vacancies within
the PSC's purview were advertised locally; on the 31st
July 1978 188 posts were under recruitment overseas
(including 60 posts of Police Inspector for 1978/79).
During the reporting period 70 newly appointed officers
(including 20 Police Inspectors) assumed duty from overseas.
2.
Recruitment to the rank and file of the Police
Force totalled 341. On 30th June 1978 there were 148
vacancies in the rank and file establishment of 16,331.
An early increase is expected in the establishment and
for the three months from 1st July 1978 the recruitment
target is 720.
3.
Since the scheme to re-deploy surplus Government
primary school teachers to other jobs within the Education
Department and other Government departments was announced
in July 1977, 479 teachers have been re-deployed under this
scheme or have had their applications for early or normal
retirement approved. The estimated surplus in September
1980 (when compulsory retirements will be introduced,
necessary) has therefore been reduced from 1,100 to 621,
so far.
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