but. It should not deal with
mowidual
cases.
JEZ
the Public Service and with all promotions from
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class to class. Although it is possible in principle
for the Public Service Commission to deal with all
promotions it is thought that it would be impracticable
for a Commission with a small membership to deal
with large numbers of promotions and it w' probably
be advisable that minor promotions should continue
to be dealt with departmentally.
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Having regard to this I am doubtful of the
practicability of including among the functions
of the Public Service Commission in Hong Kong that
of advising the Governor with regard to promotion
recommendations made by Heads of Departments. It
depends of course what classes of promotion this
recommendation is intended to cover but it is a
question which can be taken up in due course with
the Governor. It would be necessary to lay down
what promotions should be considered by the Public
Service Commission and what promotions should be
settled departmentally.
There would, I think, be no objectim to em-
powering a Public Service Commission to deal with
questions affecting efficiency bars if this is not
likely to result in its being overburdened with work.
With regard to conditions of service it will
be seen that the view is that it is not normally
desirable that this question should be tackled by
a Public Service Commission. The grounds for this
are set out in paragraph 17(a) of the attached paper.
For the reasons stated I suggest that the Public
Service Commission in Hong Kong should not deal
with this subject but that the question of setting
up Whitley Councils and the appointment of a high-
powered Establishment Officer should be considered.
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