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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1986
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON TAI CHIN-WAH, SIR DAVID SAID THAT UNDER THE CURRENT POLICY ON LOCALISATION, WHICH HAD BEEN IN FORCE SINCE THE EARLY 1960'S, PREFERENCE WAS GIVEN TO THE 'APPOINTMENT OF LOCAL CANDIDATES AT RECRUITMENT AND OVERSEAS CANDIDATES WERE APPOINTED ONLY WHEN THERE WAS NO SUITABLE LOCAL CANDIDATE.
NEVERTHELESS, PROMOTION WAS BASED ON MERIT AND ALL ELIGIBLE OFFICERS, WHETHER LOCAL OR OVERSEAS, ON PENSIONABLE OR AGREEMENT TERMS, WERE CONSIDERED ON AN EQUAL BASIS.
+OVERSEAS OFFICERS ON AGREEMENT TERMS ARE GIVEN A FUTHER CONTRACT IF A LOCAL OFFICER IS NOT AVAILABLE TO FILL THE VACANCY.+
SIR DAVID POINTED OUT THAT REGARDING APPLICATIONS FOR TRANSFER TO THE PERMANENT AND PENSIONABLE ESTABLISHMENT, THE GUIDELINE WAS TO LOOK FIVE YEARS AHEAD.
+ IF, WITHIN THIS PERIOD, A LOCAL OFFICER WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE TO FILL THE VACANCY, THEN THE APPLICATION TO TRANSFER TO PENSIONABLE ESTABLISHMENT WOULD BE FAVOURABLY CONSIDERED.+
ON WHETHER THE LOCALISATION POLICY WAS LIKELY TO AFFECT THE MORALE OF THE EXPATRIATE CIVIL SERVICE IN HONG KONG, SIR DAVID SAID MORALE WAS HIGH BUT +THIS IS NOT TO SAY THAT ALL OFFICERS ARE EQUALLY HAPPY AND CONTENTED+.
SIR DAVID NOTED THAT THERE APPEARED TO BE SOME MISUNDERSTANDING AMONG SOME OVERSEAS OFFICERS THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD TIGHTENED THE RULES ON RENEWAL OF CONTRACTS.
+1 MUST STRESS THAT THE RULES HAVE NOT BEEN CHANGED,+ HE SAID.
+ IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, OVER 90 PER CENT OF THOSE WHO HAVE APPLIED FOR CONTRACT RENEWAL HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL AND I EXPECT THE TREND TO CONTINUE THIS YEAR,+ HE ADDED.
CONTINUING STEPS TAKEN TO CONSERVE ENERGY *****
THE PROGRAMMES THAT HONG KONG HAS BEEN FOLLOWING FOR ENERGY CONSERVATION ARE MEANINGFUL IN RELATION TO ITS NEEDS AND HONG KONG SHALL CONTINUE WITH THEM, THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, THE HON PIERS JACOBS, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON MARTIN LEE, MR JACOBS RECALLED THAT IN 1979 THE OIL (CONSERVATION AND CONTROL) ORDINANCE WAS ENACTED TO EMPOWER THE GOVERNMENT TO TAKE SWIFT ACTION IN ORDER TO REGULATE THE SUPPLY AND CONSUMPTION OF ENERGY.
/HE NOTED