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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1987
THE
SIR DAVID SAID THE GOVERNMENT'S BASIC POLICY ON LOCALISATION OF THE CIVIL SERVICE REMAINED UNCHANGED AND OVERSEAS RECRUITMENT OCCURRED ONLY WHEN SUITABLE LOCAL CANDIDATES WERE NOT AVAILABLE.
"THE FACT THAT LOCAL OFFICERS NOW FILL 70 PER CENT OF SENIOR PROFESSIONAL POSTS, AND 53 PER CENT OF DIRECTORATE POSTS, IS A RESULT OF THE CONSISTENT IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT POLICY OVER THE DECADES," HE ADDED.
BUT SIR DAVID NOTED THAT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF OVERSEAS HOLDING SENIOR PROFESSIONAL AND DIRECTORATE POSITIONS HAD MORE OR LESS CONSTANT OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS AT AROUND THE MARK, OWING TO THE INCREASE IN THE SIZE OF THE CIVIL SERVICE.
LAST FEW
OFFICERS REMAINED THOUSAND
"ALSO WORTH NOTING IS THE STATISTIC THAT SOME 90 PER CENT OF APPLICATIONS FROM OVERSEAS OFFICERS FOR RENEWAL OF CONTRACTS ARE APPROVED.
"ALL THIS IS EVIDENCE OF THE FACT THAT OVERSEAS OFFICERS CONTINUE TO MAKE A SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTION TO OUR SOCIETY.
"IN A MODERN AND COSMOPOLITAN SOCIETY SUCH AS HONG KONG, THERE WILL ALWAYS BE ROOM IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE FOR SUITABLE TALENT FROM OVERSEAS," SIR DAVID SAID.
HE ALSO SAID INCREASED ATTENTION WAS BEING PAID TO MAKING SURE THAT A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF TRAINED AND EXPERIENCED OFFICERS WOULD BE AVAILABLE IN FUTURE YEARS TO FILL SENIOR MANAGERIAL AND DIRECTORATE POSITIONS THROUGHOUT THE SERVICE.
"OFFICERS WITH POTENTIAL TO FILL POSTS IN THE HIGHER RANKS ARE BEING IDENTIFIED AND THEIR TALENTS ARE BEING DEVELOPED THROUGH EXTENSIVE TRAINING PROGRAMMES AND ATTACHMENTS, BOTH HERE AND OVERSEAS, HE ADDED.
SIR DAVID ALSO NOTED A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER AND QUALITY OF APPLICATIONS FOR VACANCIES IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE, ADDING THAT THERE WERE MORE THAN 3,000 HIGH QUALITY APPLICATIONS FOR 35 POSTS IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES,
"THIS 19 AN ENCOURAGING
SIGN OF
AMONGST YOUNG PEOPLE IN PURSUING A COMMUNITY," HE ADDED.
A HIGH LEVEL OF CAREER OF SERVICE
INTEREST
TO
THE
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