WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1987
COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER POST-RETIREMENT JOB APPLICATIONS
THE GOVERNOR HAS APPOINTED AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER ADVISE ON ALL APPLICATIONS FROM SENIOR CIVIL SERVANTS FOR POST-RETIREMENT EMPLOYMENT.
AND
SIR ROGER LOBO HAS BEEN APPOINTED CHAIRMAN OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND MR JUSTICE GARCIA AND DR VICTOR FUNG HAVE BEEN APPOINTED MEMBERS. THE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE IS ALSO A MEMBER.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE WOULD ADVISE THE GOVERNOR ON THE PRINCIPLES AND THE CRITERIA TO BE ADOPTED IN DEALING WITH APPLICATIONS FROM SENIOR CIVIL SERVANTS FOR POST-RETIREMENT EMPLOYMENT.
WHICH
WOULD THE
"APPLICATIONS FROM DIRECTORATE OFFICERS, BRANCH SECRETARIES AND ABOVE WOULD BE REFERRED TO THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE CONSIDER AND ADVISE THE
ON INDIVIDUAL SPOKESMAN SAID.
GOVERNOR
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APPLICATIONS,
"IT WOULD ALSO CONSIDER AND ADVISE ON OTHER APPLICATIONS WHICH MIGHT BE REFERRED BY THE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE,
**
HE ADDED.
ADOPTED IN
IN
SAID THE SPOKESMAN
THE BASIC PRINCIPLE TO BE CONSIDERING AN APPLICATION WAS THAT THERE SHOULD BE NO IMPROPRIETY THE PROPOSED APPOINTMENT.
IN THIS RESPECT, ACCOUNT SHOULD BE TAKEN OF:
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WHETHER THE OFFICER HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN POLICY FORMULATION OR DECISION, THE EFFECTS OF WHICH COULD HAVE PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYER;
BENEFITED
THE
WHETHER THE EMPLOYER MIGHT GAIN HIS COMPETITORS BECAUSE OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE, AND
AN
UNFAIR ADVANTAGE OVER THE OFFICER'S PREVIOUS
THE
THE PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF THE OFFICER TAKING UP THE EMPLOYMENT IN QUESTION.
SPOKESMAN
SAID A STANDARD APPLICATION
BE FORM WOULD INTRODUCED WHICH WOULD BE DESIGNED TO OBTAIN MORE INFORMATION ABOUT CONSIDERATION OF THE THE PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYMENT SO AS TO FACILITATE APPLICATION AGAINST THE BASIC PRINCIPLES.
/AS REGARDS