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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1986
+NEVERTHELESS, OUR EFFORTS TO STABILISE THE SIZE OF THE SERVICE HAVE CONTINUED, AND THE TOTAL ESTABLISHMENT HAS INCREASED BY ONLY 1.3 PER CENT SINCE LAST YEAR,
+THIS REFLECTS GREAT CREDIT ON THE LOYALTY AND DEDICATION OF CIVIL SERVANTS, AND THE SENSIBLE WAY IN WHICH THEY HAVE RESPONDED TO THE NEED TO IMPROVE WORK PROCEDURES AND MAKE THE BEST USE OF STAFF RESOURCES,+ HE SAID.
+THE VALUE FOR MONEY STUDIES, SIR EDWARD SAID, WHICH BEGAN THREE YEARS AGO, HAVE HELPED TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY IN MANY AREAS AND HAVE LED TO SAVINGS SO FAR OF OVER $600 MILLION.+
+TO MAINTAIN THE MOMENTUM OF THIS PROGRAMME, VALUE FOR MONEY STEERING GROUPS ARE TO BE ESTABLISHED IN ALL MAJOR DEPARTMENTS BY THE END OF THE NEXT FINANCIAL YEAR, HE SAID.
EXCO TO BE CONSULTED ON REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES ****
THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT THE ADVICE OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL WOULD BE SOUGHT IN DUE COURSE ON THE CONSULTATIVE DOCUMENT ON THE REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES, AND A FURTHER REPORT SUBMITTED TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
SIR EDWARD TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THAT LAST YEAR HE HAD MENTIONED THE GOVERNMENT'S INTENTION TO PUBLISH THE CONSULTATIVE DOCUMENT, BUT THIS HAD TAKEN LONGER TO COMPLETE THAN HE HAD ANTICIPATED.
+TIME WAS NEEDED TO ALLOW THE NEW MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TO GAIN EXPERIENCE OF EXISTING CHANNELS OF REDRESS AND THE IR POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT TO MEET CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES,
THE DOCUMENT WAS ISSUED IN AUGUST FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
HE SAID.
REFERRING TO THE SAFEGUARDING OF CONFIDENTIALITY OF PERSONAL DATA STORED IN COMPUTERS, SIR EDWARD SAID A WORKING GROUP WITH PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION HAD BEEN SET UP IN 1983 TO SEE WHETHER EXISTING SYSTEMS WERE ADEQUATE AND WHETHER LEGISLATION WAS REQUIRED,
THE WORKING GROUP HAD EXAMINED THE BASIC PRINCIPLES ENSHRINED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM DATA PROTECTION ACT 1984 TO SEE TO WHAT EXTENT THESE PRINCIPLES COULD BE MODIFIED TO SUIT THE HONG KONG SITUATION.
+THE ADVICE OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL WILL BE SOUGHT ON THE WORKING GROUP'S RECOMMENDATIONS WHICH ARE EXPECTED SOON,+ HE ADDED.
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