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THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 23, 1989
RESHUFFLE TO MAKE SECRETARIAT MORE EFFICIENT, COST-EFFECTIVE
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THE
THE RESHUFFLE OF SENIOR CIVIL SERVANTS ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY TO MAKE THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT MORE EFFICIENT AND COST-EFFECTIVE AS WELL AS TO RATIONALISE THE LORK OF THE BRANCHES CONCERNED, CHIEF SECRETARY, HIR DAVID FORD, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
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THE ROLE OF BOTH GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS BRANCH WOULD CHANGE OVER THE PERIOD OF NEXT YEAR WITH PUBLICATION OF THE BASIC LAN AND THE POSTING HERE OF THE REPRESENTATIVE, STR DAVID TOLD REPORTERS AFTER OFFICIATING INAUGURATION OF THE PAK KONG WATER TREATMENT PLANT.
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SAID SECRETARY
IN RATIONALISING THE ROLE OF THE TWO BRANCHES. STR DAVID THAT THERE WAS NOW ENOUGH POLICY CONTENT FOR ONK POLICY RATHER THAN TWO.
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THE OFF TO ANNOUNCED
THAT COINCIDED WITH THE DEPARTURE OF MR GREWAL NEED TO FIND A DIRECTOR OF MARINE BECAUSE MR HALL IS LONDON. IT WAS FOR THAT REASON THAT THE POSTINGS WHICH WERE YESTERDAY WERE ALL PUT IN PLACE." HE SAID.
THERE WAS NOTHING SINISTER ABOUT ANY OF THOSE POSTINGS, DAVID STRESSED.
SIR
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"NO ONE HAS BEEN DEMOTED. THOSE WHO SUGGESTED THAT ANYBODY ARE REALLY QUITE WRONG. EVERYBODY HAS BEEN POSTED IN THEIR SUBSTANTIVE RANK AND THEREFORE THERE IS NO QUESTION OF DEMOTION.
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"IT IS QUITE USUAL INDEED IN THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE FOR SECRETARIES TO ACT FOR A WHILE AND THEN GO OFF AND HEAD A DEPARTMENT, HE POINTED OUT.
SIR DAVID ALSO NOTED THAT MR BARRIE WIGGHAM WAS AN IDEAL CHOICE IN THE GOVERNMENT TO RE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE BECAUSE OF HIS WORK EXPERIENCE ON A LARGE NUMBER OF SUBJECTS.
"OBVIOUSLY THE GOVERNOR WOULD HAVE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT HIS WIDE EXPERIENCE IN APPOINTING HIM TO THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
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ASKED TO COMMENT ON FEARS TRY MAINLAND DRAFTERS THAT THERE MIGHT NOT BE CONVERGENCE IN 1997 JF DEMOCRACY PROCEEDED TOO FAST EN HONG KONG AND THE POTENTIAL CONTRADICTION IF THE GOVERNMENT HAD ADMITTED THAT THE HONG KONG PEOPLE WANTED A FASTER PACE. SIR DAVID SAID: "I DON'T THINK THERE IS A CONTRADICTION IN THAT WE ALWAYS TRY, IN ADJUSTING THE PACE OF POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT HERE. ΤΟ REFLECT THE VIEWS OF THE HONG KONG PEOPLE.
ANXIOUS ΤΟ ESTABLISHING ON THE BASIS
"THE BASIC LAW DRAFTERS FOR THEIR PART ARE ALSO REFLECT THE VIEWS OF THE HONG KONG PEOPLE WHEN THEY ARE WHAT SHOULD GO INTO THE BASIC LAW. SO I SEE NO PROBLEM OF CONVERGENCE FOR THE FUTURE.
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