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MONDAY, JULY 19, 1976.
PUBLIC SERVICES COMMISSION'S REPORT FOR 1975 PUBLISHED
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OF THE 2,635 VACANCIES WHICH OCCURRED IN VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS LAST YEAR, 2,561 WERE FILLED BY LOCAL RECRUITMENT AND 74 BY OVERSEAS RECRUITMENT ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PUBLIC SERVICES COMMISSION.
ACCORDING TO FIGURE RELEASED BY THE P.S.C. THE VACANCIES FILLED LOCALLY INCLUDED 960 NEW APPOINTMENTS, 1,141 PROMOTIONS, 227 RENEWALS OF CONTRACT, 126 TRANSFERS AND 107 OTHER APPOINTMENTS.
VACANCIES REFERRED OVERSEAS FOR RECRUITMENT INCLUDED THREE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS, ONE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER STAFF GRADE C, ONE PERSONAL ASSISTANT AND VARIOUS OTHER POSTS IN 17 DEPARTMENTS.
THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OFFERED THE GREATEST NUMBER OF 13 VACANCIES FOR OVERSEAS RECRUITMENT FOLLOWED BY THE RATING AND VALUATION DEPARTMENT WITH EIGHT VACANCIES.
IN HIS REPORT FOR 1975, THE P.S.C. CHAIRMAN, SIR RONALD HOLMES SAID THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MANY YEARS THE NUMBER OF NEW APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS ON WHICH THE COMMISSION'S ADVICE WAS SOUGHT SHOWED A SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION.
+THIS WAS DUE TO THE ADOPTION BY THE GOVERNMENT OF STRICT ECONOMY MEASURES MADE NECESSARY BY THE GENERAL CONTRACTION OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE WHICH CAME ABOUT IN 1974, + HE SAID.
HE ADDED THAT THROUGHOUT 1975 THE POLICY WAS TO RESTRICT THE CIVIL SERVICE FOR THE MOST PART TO ITS EXISTING STRENGTH AND TO APPROVE CAREFULLY CONTROLLED EXPANSION IN ONLY A FEW ESSENTIAL SECTORS.
THEREFORE, THE FIGURES OF VACANCIES AND PROMOTIONS IN 1974 WERE HIGHER. THERE WERE 4,732 VACANCIES OF WHICH 207 WERE RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMISSION FOR OVERSEAS RECRUITMENT AND 4,525 FOR LOCAL RECRUITMENT WHILE THE FIGURE FOR PROMOTIONS WAS 1,651.
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