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HMLNAN 1443 COMFIDENTIAL
DO HKGOL
FM HOKON TO #KOOL
200015Z AUG
GRS 400
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
HKK 256 A
RECEIVED IN REUNTRY
02 SEP 1985
DESK OFFICER INDEA
MENUSTITY
PA
tit: Raken
IMMEDIATE
ADVANCE COPY
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON
TELNU 340
OF 200015Z AUGUST 85
FUTURE APPOINTMENTS TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE.
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HTC GO London
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THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION ADVISED THAT PREVIOUS REFERENCE TO BRITISH NATIONALITY IN THE AO RECRUITMENT ADVERTISEMENT SHOULD DE DELETED AND THAT THE COLUMN ON (WEXT WORD UNDERLINED) QUALIFICATIONS IN THE NEXT ADVERTISEMENT SHOULD READ AS FOLLOWS:-
CANDIDATES SHOULD :-
(A) HAVE RESIDED IN HONG KONG FOR NOT LESS THAN SEVEN YEARS:
(0) MAVE A GOUD HONOURS DEGREE 1.E. FIRST OR SECOND CLASS WOWUPS DEOREL FROM A HONG KONG OR BRITISH UNIVERSITY OR EQUIVALENT: 54 A MASTERS DEGREE FROM A RECOGNISED ISTITUTION: AND
(0) HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF ENGLISH AND CHINESE.
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THE MAJON CHANGES ARE IN ITEMS (A) AND (C). ON (A), THE RESIDENTIAL REQUIREMENT HAD BEEN REVISED FROM 5 TO 7 YEARS TO
TIL IN WITH THE PERMANENT RESIDENTIAL CONCEPT. IT IS CONSIDERED INAPPROPRIATE TO MAKE ANY DIRECT REFERENCE TO 'PERMANENT RESIDENTS'
SINCE THIS TERM REMAINS NON-EXISTENT IN THE IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE
(CAP. 110). AS RAGARDS (C), IT IS CONSIDER THAT AN INDICATION OF *KNOWLEDGE OF CHINESE SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE ADVERTISEMENT
SINCE ALL CANDIDATES WILL PC ASKED TO SIT FOR A COMPULSORY CHINESE EXAMINATION. IT IS ENTENDED THAT ONLY CANDIDATES WITH AT LEAST
SUME KNOWLEDGE OF CHINESE WOULD BE INVITED TO THE SELECTION
INTERVIEWS. IN THE ADVENT OF 1907 WITH AN INCREASED USE OF
CHINESE ESPECIALLY IN EXTERNAL COMMUNICATION WITH MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, IT IS ONLY FRUDENT TO LOOK FOR YOUNG LOCAL ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS WITHOUT DEPARRING THOSE ODD EXCEPTIONAL EXPATRIATES WHO MAY BL BILINGUAL.
DETAILED ADVERTISEMENT ALREADY FORWARDED BY EXPRESS AIR MAIL. GRATEFUL FOR YOUR LARLY APPROVAL.
WILL PROCEED THEREAFTER AS FOLLOWS :-
ACTION
DATE
6 SEPTEMBER 1995
TO JOSUE LXCO INFORMATION NOTC
14 SEPTEMBER 1985
ADVERTISEMENT TO APPEAR IN SCMP ETC.
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