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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1988
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THE REVIEW HAD SHOWN THAT THE BASIC STRUCTURE OF ADMINISTRATION REMAINED SOUND AND THERE WAS NO NEED FOR MAJOR RE-ORGANISATION.
A BETTER TAKE
"BUT SOME RE-ADJUSTMENTS ARE NOW NEEDED ΤΟ PROVIDE BALANCE OF RESPONSIBILITIES BETWEEN BRANCH SECRETARIES AND TO ACCOUNT OF CHANGING NEEDS AND PRIORITIES, SIR DAVID SAID.
"WE ALSO NEED TO BRING IN SOME NEW IDEAS ΤΟ SUPPORT POLICY MAKING AND POLICY MAKERS.
HE SAID ONE IMPORTANT ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE WOULD BE TO CREATE A NEW POLICY BRANCH SPECIFICALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THIS NEW BRANCH WOULD REQUIRE SOME REGROUPING OF THE FUNCTIONS PRESENTLY CARRIED OUT BY THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS.
AN INTERNAL STUDY WOULD BE CARRIED OUT OVER THE NEXT TWO MONTHS TO WORK OUT THE BEST ANSWERS TO THESE ORGANISATIONAL QUESTIONS.
ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT CHANGE WOULD BE THE CREATION OF A NEW POLICY BRANCH RESPONSIBLE FOR SPORTS, RECREATION AND CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT AND BROADCASTING, SIR DAVID SAID.
THE NEW BRANCH, UNDER A SECRETARY FOR RECREATION WOULD BE ABLE TO DEVOTE MORE TIME TO ENSURING THAT THE THE VARIOUS ORGANISATIONS IN THE FIELDS OF SPORTS AND WELL CO-ORDINATED.
AND CULTURE, ACTIVITIES OF CULTURE WERE
A SMALL "THINK TANK", TO BE KNOWN AS THE CENTRAL POLICY UNIT, WOULD BE SET UP EARLY NEXT YEAR TO CONSIDER AND ADVISE ON COMPLEX POLICY ISSUES, THE GOVERNOR SAID.
"IN A FAST DEVELOPING SOCIETY SUCH AS OURS, COMPLEX POLICY ISSUES ARISE WHICH REQUIRE CONCENTRATED STUDY IN ORDER TO PRODUCE THE BEST SOLUTIONS. MANY CUT ACROSS THE BOUNDARIES OF SEVERAL DIFFERENT GOVERNMENT BRANCHES AND DEPARTMENTS.
"WITH THEIR DAY TO DAY PRE-OCCUPATIONS, SECRETARIAT BRANCHES MAY NOT ALWAYS BE BEST PLACED TO DEAL WITH THESE ISSUES. IN ANY CASE, IT IS OFTEN VALUABLE TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT A PROBLEM FROM THE OUTSIDE."
SIR DAVID SAID HE EXPECTED THE CENTRAL POLICY UNIT ΤΟ PRODUCE IMAGINATIVE SOLUTIONS TO DIFFICULT PROBLEMS. "IT WILL HAVE BOTH FULL TIME AND PART-TIME MEMBERS, FROM WITHIN AND OUTSIDE THE GOVERNMENT. THE UNIT WILL WORK DIRECTLY TO ME, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, AND THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY."
/SIR DAVID
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