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4.
pursued
two.
There is no ban as such. Hong Kong have since the 1960 s a "localisation" policy in respect of all civil service
but these two exceptions, In all but these grades except officers are recruited only to suitable qualified local appointed on contract Administrative Grade,
March
overseas
fill those posts
for
which
no
candidates
can
be found.
They
are
the
terms.
last
The two exceptions are and the Police Force, where until overseas officers were recruited to a proportion of these posts in order to maintain a UK element in the two grades.
on pensionable some cases these officers have been appointed
terms but with an option to
on contract
and terms,
in others transfer to pensionable terms later.
5.
Kong
that:
In
Last March the Hong Kong Executive Council reviewed Hong recruitment, and decided Government
policy
on
overseas
(a)
in the light of the Joint there wa s no justification, in Declaration, for maintaining these special arrangements for overseas recruitment to the Administrative Grade and thus be received overseas only the Police; they would when no suitably qualified
recruited
local candidates
could
be
found.
(b)
all future appointments
of
Overseas
grade,
be should
on contract
than rather
officers, to any pensionable
terms; and
(~)
6.
on
contract should be
apply
to
transfer
to
all serving overseas officers now
given
a one-off
pensionable terms.
option
to
The Hong Kong civil service
was
the informed of
new
The change at (a) has there is no need to do so, since
arrangements at (b) and (c) last March. not been publicly announced:
there is no change in the Hong Kong Government's long- avowed
policy
the localise to
suitable local candidates
civil
are
sufficient as and when service
to available
fill all posts
in
the service.
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