FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1989
HK TO TAKE PART IN MEETING ON ASYLUM SEEKERS
THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT HAS ACCEPTED AN INVITATION FROM THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES (UNHCR) TO TAKE PART IN A MEETING TO BE HELD IN KUALA LUMPUR ON MARCH 7 TO 9 AS PART OF THE PROCESS LEADING TO AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INDOCHINESE ASYLUM SEEKERS LATER THIS YEAR.
THE HONG KONG
DELEGATION WILL COMPRISE THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR GEOFFREY BARNES, AND THE GOVERNMENT REFUGEE MR MIKE HANSON.
COORDINATOR,
PARTICIPANTS IN THE MEETING WILL INCLUDE REPRESENTATIVES ASEAN AND MAJOR RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES AND THE UNHCR.
FROM
CIVIL SERVICE MEETS THE CHALLENGE: SCS
DESPITE
THE
INCREASING COMPLEXITY OF THE MACHINERY OF GOVERNMENT AND RISING PUBLIC EXPECTATIONS, THE CIVIL SERVICE HAS PROVED EQUAL TO THE CHALLENGE, THE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE, MR HARNAM GREWAL, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
HE WAS ADDRESSING A COCKTAIL RECEPTION WHICH HE HOSTED FOR REPRESENTATIVES OF STAFF ASSOCIATIONS.
"THIS ABILITY ON THE PART OF THE CIVIL SERVICE ΤΟ ADAPT TO CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES AND INCREASINGLY HEAVY DEMANDS WHILE MAINTAINING ITS EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY IS BOTH A TRIBUTE TO ITS RESILIENCE AND A REFLECTION OF ITS CONTINUED DETERMINATION TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, HE SAID.
"
MR GREWAL POINTED OUT THAT THE PAST 12 MONTHS, WHICH HAD BEEN EVENTFUL FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE, HAD SEEN A GOOD DEAL OF PROGRESS ON A NUMBER OF MAJOR PAY-RELATED ISSUES.
NEVERTHELESS, HE SAID, SEVERAL THORNY ISSUES REMAINED WHICH REQUIRED FURTHER DISCUSSION AND DETAILED CONSIDERATION.
THE ADMINISTRATION'S AIM WOULD, AS ALWAYS, BE ΤΟ DEAL WITH THEM FAIRLY AND SENSIBLY IN CONSULTATION WITH STAFF, FOR SUCH MATTERS COULD BE RESOLVED SATISFACTORILY THROUGH DISCUSSION BEEN THE CASE IN THE PAST, HE ADDED.
AS INDEED HAD
/HE NOTED