CONFIDENTIAL STAFF IN CONFIDENCE
CONFIDENTIAL
STAFF IN CONFIDENCE
FM FCO
TO TELELETTER HONG KONG
TELELETTER
OF 20172OZ MARCH 90
23
104737 MDTTAN 6020
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HKB 431 3
RECEIVED is
1G AN 1990
FROM: HOLROYD, HONG KONG DEPT, FCO
FOR
DESK
INDEX
YUEN WAI-KEUNG, CIVIL SERVICE BRANCH
(32)
VACANCY FOR DIRECTOR OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
1 YOUR LETTER OF 16 MARCH 1990 REF 38 IN PP 67/1 C(89)
REFERS.
2.
GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD SUPPLY SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON
MS ALICE TAI WHICH WOULD BE RELEVANT TO THE RECOMMENDATION. WE
ARE AWARE THAT MS TAI HAS RECENTLY BEEN PROMOTED TO THE D3 LEVEL BUT DO NOT HAVE OTHER RELEVANT DETAILS ABOUT HER, FOR EXAMPLE, OF HER QUOTE LEGAL TRAINING UNQUOTE.
3. THIS IS CLEARLY AN IMPORTANT NEW POST RANKED AT D5/DJL5.
GRATEFUL FOR CONFIRMATION THAT ITS EXISTENCE WAS WIDELY
CIRCULATED AMONGST POTENTIAL CANDIDATES IN HONG KONG.
FOR ADVICE AS TO HOW MANY APPLIED
GRATEFUL
4. IF CONFIRMED INTO THE POST AFTER ONE YEARS TRIAL, WOULD MS TAI HAVE TO RESIGN FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE QUERY
SIGNED F HOLROYD
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