MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1988
TIME OF ADJUSTMENT AHEAD: CS
THE
TOWARDS A
ELFCTED ADJUSTMENT ON THE PART OF
DAVID
SAID THIS FORD,
WHOLLY
PROGRESSIVE DEVELOPMENT LEGISLATURE WILL REQUIRE A GOOD DEAL OF
SIR CHIEF SECRETARY, THE CIVIL SERVANTS, (MONDAY) EVENING.
HE SAID.
THE HONG
THE CHANGE WILL CLEARLY "HOW OFFICIALS MANAGE THEIR PART OF HAVE A SIGNIFICANT BEARING ON THE WAY HONG KONG WILL BE RUN,
IN THE NINETIES" AT SPEAKING ON "THE GOVERNMENT KONG MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION ANNUAL FELLOWSHIP DINNER, SIR HE FORESAW THAT, UP TO AND BEYOND 1997, HONG KONG WOULD HAVE A
AND CHECKED BY EXECUTIVE BRANCH, BALANCED BY AN ELECTED LEGISLATURE AN INDEPENDENT JUDICIARY.
"THE
PROGRESSIVE
DEVELOPMENT
LEGISLATURE IS, OF COURSE, A STIPULATION DECLARATION, HE SAID.
"IT
*
TOWARDS
A
DAVID SAID STRONG
WHOLLY ELECTED OF THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT
IS
ALSO A NATURAL AND DESIRABLE CONSIDERING THE STATE OF HONG KONG'S SOCIAL AND AND THE WISHES OF THE COMMUNITY.
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FOR CIVIL SERVANTS WHO HAD FOR MANY YEARS AN ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THE BUREAUCRACY PLAYED DAVID SAID THE DEVELOPMENT SPELT ADJUSTMENT.
"THEY WILL NEED TO
DEVELOP
A
THING ECONOMIC
IN ITSELF,
DEVELOPMENT
BEEN ACCUSTOMED TO PIVOTAL ROLE, SIR
SKILLS,
ΤΟ LOSING
NEW PERCEPTIONS AND MANAGE THE POLITICS SURROUNDING THEIR DAILY ACTIVITIES WITHOUT SIGHT OF THEIR PRINCIPLES," HE SAID.
AND
WILL FIND THAT "THIS WILL NOT BE EASY, BUT THOSE WHO SUCCEED THE POLITICAL COVER THEY OBTAIN WILL GIVE THEM GREATER STRENGTH, A GREATER CONFIDENCE IN MAKING DIFFICULT DECISIONS.
WHILE PRAISING THE QUALITY, MOTIVATION AND DEDICATION
CIVIL MUST
SERVICE,
BE
"EQUIPPED
THE
TO
CHIEF COPE WITH
SECRETARY
CHANGE"
KONG'S SERVANTS POLITICALLY, BUT TECHNOLOGICALLY AND MANAGERIALLY.
"WE HAVE TO KEEP OUR PROFESSIONALS
UP-TO-DATE
SAID
OF HONG CIVIL NOT JUST
WITH
THE MOST
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY AND SKILL," HE SAID.
OF
SOCIAL,
WITH MODERN "WE HAVE TO KEEP OUR ADMINISTRATORS WELL INFORMED
TOUCH MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES. WE HAVE TO KEEP OUR SENIOR STAFF WELL IN WITH THE
POLITICAL SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT ELSEWHERE,
ECONOMIC
AND
ADAPTABLE то
FRAMEWORK, INEVITABLE
"WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE OUR STAFF ARE OPEN-MINDED, OPERATING IN AN EVOLVING ADMINISTRATIVE AND CONSTITUTIONAL RESILIENT IN FACE OF THE AND MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL BE PRESSURES BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE TRANSITION."
/SIR DAVID