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+ IT MAY BE THAT MORE RESOURCES WILL HAVE TO BE DEPLOYED; IT MAY BE THAT GREATER FLEXIBILITY IS NEEDED IN THE WAY EXISTING RESOURCES ARE DEPLOYED, ALTHOUGH THERE ARE LIMITS TO WHAT FLEXIBILITY CAN ACHIEVE; IT MAY BE THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT WAYS OF TACKLING OLD PROBLEMS,+ HE SAID.
MR TSAO GAVE ASSURANCE THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS ALIVE TO ALL THESE POSSIBILITIES.
REFERRING TO THE HON RITA FAN'S SUGGESTION THAT STAFF OF THE CHINESE LANGUAGE DIVISION AND THE GOVERNMENT DATA PROCESSING AGENCY BE DEPLOYED FROM A CENTRAL POOL RATHER THAN BE PART OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SEVERAL SEPARATE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, MR TSAO SAID THIS ARRANGEMENT HAD BEEN SUCCESSFULLY INTRODUCED FOR THE INFORMATION OFFICER GRADE.
+THERE WILL ALWAYS BE ROOM FOR IMPROVING THE MANNER IN WHICH WE DEPLOY OUR RESOURCES AND THE PARALLEL SHE HAS DRAWN SUGGESTS THAT A REVIEW OF THE MANAGEMENT OF THESE TWO GRADES WOULD BE WORTHWHILE,+ HE SAID.
THE POINT WAS TIMELY AND SUCH A REVIEW WOULD BE CARRIED OUT, HE SAID.
HOWEVER, MR TSAO SAID, THERE WAS ONE SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE INFORMATION OFFICER GRADE ON THE ONE HAND AND BOTH THE DATA PROCESSING AND CHINESE LANGUAGE OFFICER GRADES ON THE OTHER.
+ INFORMATION OFFICERS DEAL WITH PUBLIC RELATIONS, WHICH IS SOMEWHAT VOLATILE BUSINESS, AND IT IS THEREFORE ESSENTIAL THAT THEY CAN BE DEPLOYED AND RAPIDLY RE-DEPLOYED AS NECESSARY TO MEET CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES AND OCCASIONAL CRISIS SITUATIONS, WITH THE MINIMUM OF FUSS.
CHINESE LANGUAGE OFFICERS AND DATA PROCESSING STAFF ON THE OTHER HAND TEND TO SPECIALISE IN CERTAIN FIELDS, AND THEIR MOBILITY TENDS TO BE RATHER LIMITED, MR TSAO SAID.
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