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In 1990/91, 16,500 flats will be offered for sale under the
programme, and up to 3,500 interest-free loans will be
offered to tenants of public housing flats and to low-income
households, to help them purchase their own private flats.
Two other new initiatives are worthy of note: the
finalisation of a proposal to sell quality rental flats to
tenants in public housing estates, and the launching of a
quality assurance programme for the housing design and construction process. The first will provide more
opportunity for home ownership while the second will ensure
better quality housing in the years ahead.
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CIVIL SERVICE
51.
The Hong Kong Government have for many years given
suitable local candidates preference in recruitment to the
Civil Service. The result has been an increasing number of
local officers in the more senior ranks. On 1 October 1990,
70 per cent of the 3,963 officers holding positions at the
senior management/professional level and above were local
officers. At the directorate level, the most senior ranks
in the Civil Service, local officers represented about 60
per cent of a total of 1,262 officers. The Hong Kong
Government are confident that the continued application of
this policy will enable top posts in the Civil Service to be
filled by local officers by 1997.
52. The Police force should be predominantly staffed by
local officers by the year 2000. At present overseas
officers constitute about 62 per cent of the force at the
rank of Superintendent and above while three-quarters of the
Inspectorate are local officers. Steps are being taken to identify more local officers for promotion and to provide
training to develop their potential.
53. In 1990, the overall turnover rate was about 5.5 per
cent of the strength of the Civil Service, lower than in
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