11
(c) The Legal group of departments:
186 overseas officers now compared with
105 in 1970,, and
(a) The Administrative Service:
114 overseas officers now compared with
.70 in 1970.
To put these figures in perspective, the number of local
officers in these same parts of the civil service has increased
from 29,400 to 41,600 over the same period.
25.
Table II also shows that for the rest of the Civil
Service, encompassing some 34, I repeat, 34 Departments, the
number of overseas officers now (842) is almost the same as
the number eight years ago (804). During the same period
the number of local officers in these 34 departments increased
from 46,700 to 71,100.
26.
Table III shows that local officers now hold 197
posts at the Directorate level, or 35 per cent of the total.
I am confident that this proportion will grow steadily in
the years ahead. Indeed we appear to be entering a phase
where it will be increasingly the norm for overseas officers
/to find...
Table III
Numbers of Local and Overseas Officers
holding Directorate Posts
Local Officers Overseas Officers Total No. of
No: % of total Dir. Posts
as at
No.
of total
1.1.1960 21
13%
138
87%
:
159
1.1.1970 62°
19%
264
81%
326
1.4.1978 197
35%
367
65%
564