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F:1 HONG KONG
CONFIDENTIAL
TO INMEDIATE HONG KONG SOVERIMENT OFFICE LONDON
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UF 290915Z AUGUST 35
FUTURE APPOINTMENTS TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE.
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THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION ADVISED THAT PREVIOUS REFERENCE TO
BRITISH NATIONALITY IN THE AO RECRUITMENT ADVERTISEMENT SHOULD SE
DELETED AND THAT THE COLUMN ON (NEXT 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:
(B) HAVE A GOOD HONOURS DEGREE 1.E. FIRST OR SECOND CLASS HONOURS
DEGREE FROM A HONG KONG OR BRITISH UNIVERSITY OR EQUIVALENT: OR A
MASTERS DEGREE FROM A RECOGNISED INSTITUTION: AND
(C) HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF ENGLISH AND CHINESE.
THE MAJOR CHANGES ARE IN ITEMS (A) AND (C). ON (A), THE
RESIDENTIAL REQUIREMENT HAD BEEN REVISED FROM 5 TO 7 YEARS TO
TIE 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. 115). AS RAGARDS (C), IT IS CONSIDER THAT AN INDICATION OF
'KNOWLEDGE OF CHINESE' SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE ADVERTISEMENT
SINCE ALL CANDIDATES WILL BE ASKED TO SIT FOR A COMPULSORY CHINESE
EXAMINATION. IT IS ENTENDED THAT ONLY CANDIDATES WITH AT LEAST
SOME KNOWLEDGE OF CHINESE WOULD BE INVITED TO THE SELECTION
INTERVIEWS. IN THE ADVENT OF 1997 WITH AN INCREASED USE OF
CHINESE ESPECIALLY IN EXTERNAL COMMUNICATION WITH MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, IT IS ONLY PRUDENT TO LOOK FOR YOUNG LOCAL ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS WITHOUT DEBARRING THOSE ODD EXCEPTIONAL
EXPATRIATES WHO MAY BE BILINGUAL.
DETAILED ADVERTISEMENT ALREADY FORWARDED BY EXPRESS AIR MAIL.
GRATEFUL FOR YOUR EARLY APPROVAL.
WILL PROCEED THEREAFTER AS FOLLOWS :
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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
30 AUG 1985
REGISTRY
DATE
ACTION
DESK GEHCES
6 SEPTEMBER 1985
TO ISSUE EXCO INFORMATION NOTE
INDEX
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Action Taken
14 SEPTEMBER 1935
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