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(d) Ministers take note of other minor changes we have
agreed with HKG.
3.
I submit a letter of instruction from the Secretary of
State to the Governor. Hong Kong Government and Legal
Advisers agree.
Background and Argument
Appointment of Public Officers in Hong Kong
4. The power to appoint public officers in the Hong Kong
Civil Service and members of the Judiciary in Hong Kong is.
vested in the Governor by Article XIV of the Letters Patent;
subject to any instructions given by the Secretary of State
under Article II. of the Letters Patent. The Colonial
Regulations, which apply to the administrations of all Dependent Territories, are such instructions.
Regulations apply to the public services.
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5. Under: Calonial Regulation: 19% (CR19), the Secretary of State has the function of approving appointments to. "any office or grade: prescribed": by the Secretary of State. As list oftheroffices:andigradesrat present: prescribed in:
Hong Kong for the purposes of CR19 is at Annex B It: exceeds: 600 posts.. Of these we: submit to the Secretary of State on only a few top posts, dealing with the others; at.
Departmental level on his behalf The Secretary of State's approval is given directly only for the appointment of the Chief Secretary, the Financial Secretary, the Attorney General and the Chief Justice, which require Royal Assent.
Section 3(1) of the Audit Ordinance requires the Secretary.
of State to approve the appointment of the Director of
Audit: toas..
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6. It now seems unnecessary, for. HMG to be involved in
appointments to: so many posts in the Hong Kong Government
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