TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1985
IT IS MAINLY FOR THIS REASON THAT THE RECREATION SELECT COMMITTEE WILL BE LOOKING AT PROPOSALS TO RETAIN EXISTING POLICIES OF THE RSS FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AND TO ADOPT PROGRAMMES ALREADY PREPARED FOR THE EARLIER PART OF THE NEW YEAR.+
A PAPER OUTLINING THE INTERIM TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENT WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE RECREATION SELECT COMMITTEE FOR CONSIDERATION SHORTLY.
MR LO ALSO SAID THE COST OF ABSORBING THE URBAN PART OF RSS IS IN THE REGION OF $23 MILLION PER ANNUM AND THE COMPOSITION OF THIS COMMITMENT WILL BE STUDIED DURING THE TRANSITION PERIOD.
POSITION ON VACANCIES EXPLAINED ****
STAFF OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT ARE SELDOM CALLED UPON TO DOUBLE UP IN TWO POSTS, DR KIM CHAM, CHAIRMAN OF THE ADMINISTRATION SELECT COMMITTEE, SAID.
REPLYING TO QUESTIONS BY MR WALTER SULKE AT THE URBAN COUNCIL OPEN MEETING TODAY, DR CHAM POINTED OUT THAT THROUGHOUT THE MANAGEMENT-SUPERVISORY RANKS IN THE URBAN AREA, ONLY SIX OFFICERS ARE DOUBLING UP IN TWO POSTS LATERALLY AND THREE DOUBLING UP VERTICALLY.
TO DOUBLE UP LATERALLY MEANS THAT OFFICERS ARE USUALLY ONLY REQUIRED TO UNDERTAKE ABOUT 60 PER CENT OF THE DUTIES OF THE SECOND POST WHILE THE REMAINING DUTIES ARE ABSORBED BY OTHER COLLEAGUES. SUCH CASES OF DOUBLING UP, HE MAINTAINED, ARE INFREQUENT.
AND TO DOUBLE UP VERTICALLY MEANS THAT WHEN A SECTION HEAD GOES ON LEAVE FOR A RELATIVELY SHORT TIME, HIS DEPUTY ACTS UP.
+ IN SUCH CASES DOUBLING UP IS QUITE OFTEN THE BETTER SOLUTION, TO AVOID DISRUPTING THE RANKS BELOW,+ DR CHAM SAID. +İT DOES NOT IMPLY THAT EITHER POST IS
UNNECESSARY, ONLY THAT WITH AN EXTRA EFFORT IT CAN MAKE DO FOR A SHORT TIME.+
HE ALSO NOTED THAT THERE ARE 280 OFFICERS IN THE MANAGEMENT-SUPERVISORY RANKS, REPRESENTING SEVEN PER CENT OF THE TOTAL ESTABLISHMENT, WHO ARE CURRENTLY ACTING FOR ADMINISTRATIVE CONVENIENCE.
/SUCH ACTING