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It is the oldest
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but not menti
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The last apperament,
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remain in it a long time". In my minute I
suggested that a reasonably long period of tenure
should be made a condition of appointment but
this was not found possible. As a result Mr. Sutherland
Smith, who was rejected because he was about to
retire is still there and Mr. Smith has gone
higher.
4.
For the vacancy created by Mr. Smith's
promotion Mr. Sutherland is rejected because he
is still just going to retire. Mr. Brown is
rejected because his retirement is also expected,
no other educational officer with enough admini-
strative experience is forthcoming. And the
Governor introduced a new reason for appointing
a cadet, namely familiarity with the Chinese
language, life and thought. One is tempted to
ask why such familiarity, which is surely a
necessary condition successful educational
not
work, has/been ensured among the senior members
of the Education Department by departmental
regulations relating to language examination,
etc.
5. I do not know enough about the senior
members of the Hong Kong Education Department to
be able to say with confidence in the face of the
Governor's report that any of them is suitable
for the Directors post. I feel pretty sure that
the senior members, recruited in days when edu-
cational appointments in Hong Kong were not very
carefully considered and prospects were not very
good,
are considerably inferior to the younger
men recruited during the last five or six years.
In any case it would require very strong evidence
to justify the setting aside of the Governor's
very definite views and an educational man