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Manpower Planning
14.
The Staff Planning Division has been analysing
the manning problems affecting various grades; it has
also submitted proposals for a management training course
for mid-career departmental officers. The seminar led by
Dr. Cragin of Chinese University continued its consideration
of a computer-assisted staff planning system for Government;
the E.0. grade will be the subject of a trial run of a
limited prototype when this has been developed.
15.
The Government Training Scholarship scheme is
being more closely linked to projections of future staffing
needs and has been expanded by 35%; 139 scholars should be
selected and placed in 1982. Increasing interest is being
taken in maximising the potential for Government recruitment
of the large number of Hong Kong tertiary level students
studying overseas.
Hiving-off of the Kowloon @anton Railway
16.
On the advice of the Executive Council, a KCR
Corporation Transitional Board, chaired by the Secretary for
Transport, was established on 11th December 1981, and a
Chief Executive (Designate) of the KCR Corporation was
appointed on 21 December. The Board has set up 4 committees
to carry out its work, and also intends to appoint an
assessment panel to advise it on the principles on which
ex-gratia compensation should be paid to KCR staff who
will be retired on abolition of office terms and employed
by the new KCR Corporation.
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