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proposals in respect of these eight posts followed too far
the model of the commoner type of Colonial Service, I believe that the Administration Department itself, such as normally forms part of a Colonial Civil Service, does point
the way to the right solution in Hong Kong. In the African
Colonies the staffs of the Secretariat and of the
от
Provincial District Adminstrative are drawn almost
entirely from a common source. The Salaries of Assistant
Secretaries more or less conform with those of District
Officers, and the same is the case as between more senior
Secretariat Officers and Provincial Commissioners. In
other words, there is in those Colonies a cadre of senior
posts with equal or related emoluments to which all
Adminstrative Officers can look as their goal. A similar
cadre on a single salary scale of senior Adminstrative
Officers, though holding posts widely diverse in their
duties, has existed here in the past, and, I am firmly
convinced, should continue to exist. The friction which
promotion is likely to set up under my predecessor's
proposals would thus be avoidable and the greater
flexibility obtainable from such a system would redound to
the advantage of both the public and the Public Service.
7.
There remains to be considered how many senior
Adminstrative Officers there should be. At the present
time the Administrative Service possesses, in addition to
the three appointments of Colonial Secretary, Secretary for
Chinese Affairs and Financial Secretary, an establishment
of six first class and twenty-four second class officers,
a total of thirty, with three cadets on probation. So far
as posts - as distinguished from the establishment of
officers designed for them - are concerned there are, with