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