08-APR-1991 16:22
DIRECTOR OF ADM.
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You seem to believe
to believe that civil servants would be
disadvantaged vis-a-vis their private sector counterparts
because they earn less and lose out on UK connections.
civil servant much а
can
assure
you
that how
I
earns is
irrelevant for the purpose of the Scheme. The points
system under the Scheme does not involve any comparison of
salaries between civil servants and private sector
personnel, or among civil servants in different grades and
ranks. It is also not true that civil servants would lose
out on UK connections. Specifically under the law, Crown
service under the Government of the UK or Hong Kong scores
UK connections points.
I note your points that some civil servants have
refrained from applying after an assessment of
of their own
chance of success, and that some of those
those civil servants
who have applied may find themselves in an over-subscribed
occupational group. The pragmatic approach of assessing
one's chance of success before applying, I believe, occured
equally in the civil service and in the private sector
people. Similarly, the situation of an applicant finding
himself in an
civil service.
over-subscribed group is not unique to the