the senior non-expatriate officers association
room G13 central government offices
east wing ground floor
lower albert road
hong kong
our ref.
your ref.
g.p.o. box 1007 telephone 5224267
Mr Morris Fi
Mn Whin 4/10
for All qu вы
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Tel
: 751 4105
Fax : 755 4615
Date: 20 September 1993
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Rt Hon Alastair Goodlad
Minister of State for Foreign
and Commonwealth Affairs
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Main Building
Downing Street
London SWI
United Kingdom
Dear Sir,
HKD
Form DRAFT REPLY
HKA 01611
From
MR GOODLAD
6 OCT 1993
By 4/10/93 PLEASE.
DESK OFFIC
Neal Gart
Localisation Policy in the Hong Kong Civil Service
we
Due to the current change
change of the localisation policy, write to explain our objection to the new arrangement, which enables overseas officers on agreement terms to change to local terms and also outline in this letter our views on this subject for your perusal.
The crux of the matter
In our view the fundamental issues in this row are : Is the present employment system of the Hong Kong Government discriminatory against local people?
people? And would the new policy prolong the effects of such discrimination?
also had
For a long time, the Hong Kong Government has offered more favourable terms to overseas officers. Despite recent adjustments, the differences still remain quite substantial. Besides, overseas officers an advantage over local officers in being promoted to senior ranks. This has resulted in the present anomalous situation that after years of so-called localisation, nearly 40% of the policy-making posts of the Government are still held by overseas officers who comprise only about 1% of the total population.
Our objection to the new arrangement
We object to the new arrangement on the following grounds :
(a), The new arrangement negates the long-standing localisation policy, which aims at mitigating and rectifying the century-long unfairness suffered by local officers.
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