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be right to make in 1988.
In reaching those decisions,
the Government are committed to taking full account of
We all the views recorded in the Survey Office report. will, naturally, also give full regard to other relevant factors, including the need to ensure that any changes which might be introduced do not disrupt the steady progress we have been making, nor the stability which is so important to our community.
154.
(b) The Public Service
the government,
Whichever way we structure and organise the
institutions of
continuance of sound administration will depend greatly on the maintenance of a dedicated and efficient civil service. In my inaugural
I
2
great
сер
in
the
Since
speech
said that I had
confidence experience and efficiency of the Administration. then, I have seen for myself the very high qualities of our public service. I am convinced that it is fully capable of meeting whatever challenges may lie ahead.
155.
The present top
top management structure of the
introduced in 1973. civil service was
Since then Hong
developed socially, economically
cap
Kong
has
and
politically; and the demands made on that structure have
/increased