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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1990
HE SAID AS AT OCTOBER 1 LAST YEAR,
THE NUMBER OF OVERSEAS OFFICERS WAS 2,543, WHICH ACCOUNTED FOR 1.4 PER CENT OF THE STRENGTH OF THE CIVIL SERVICE.
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MR BARNES SAID THE JOINT DECLARATION PROVIDED THAT OVERSEAS OFFICERS MIGHT CONTINUE TO BỊ EMPLOYED AFTER 1997, WITH THE OF A SMALL NUMBER OF VERY SENUR POSTS.
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'WHILE THERE HAVE BEEN NO MAJOR CHANGES IN LOCALISATION FOLLOWING THE JOINT DECLARATION, ADDITIONAL LOCALISATION MEASURES INTRODUCED WHERE NECESSARY," HE SAID.
SINCE 1985, ALL OVERSEAS OFFICERS HAD BEEN APPOINTED ONLY ON AGREEMENT TERMS. AGREEMENTS OF OVERSEAS OFFICERS WOULD ONLY BE RENEWED IF THEY WERE NOT BLOCKING THE PROMOTION OF CAPABLE LOCAL OFFICERS.
MR BARNES SAID THERE HAD BEEN A DECREASE OF ABOUT 0.1 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL PROPORTION OF EXPATRIATES IN THE CIVIL SERVICES PER YEAR SINCE 1985.
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IN THE BUILDINGS AND LANDS DEPARTMENT (BLD), THE PERCENTAGE OVERSEAS CONTRACT OFFICERS HAD DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY FOR MOST OF THE GRADES, FROM 18 PER CENT TO SIX PER CENT FOR THE BUILDING SURVEYOR GRADE, 52 PER CENT TO 35 PER CENT FOR THE ESTATE SURVEYOR GRADE, 33 PER CENT TO 14 PER CENT FOR THE LAND SURVEYOR GRADE AND 36 PER CENT TO 12 PER CENT FOR THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER GRADE.
MR BARNES SAID THE BLD'S LONG-TERM POLICY WAS TO LOCALISE THE FOUR GRADES AS FAR AS POSSIBLE. THE DEPARTMENT REGULARLY REVIEWED AND MONITORED THE PROGRESS AND PACE OF LOCALISATION IN RESPONSE TO CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES AND NEEDS WITH A VIEW TO ACHIEVING THE TARGET AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE.
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FOR THE TOWN PLANNER GRADE, FORMERLY OF THE BLD AND NOW OF NEW PLANNING DEPARTMENT. THE PERCENTAGE OF OVERSEAS OFFICERS ON AGREEMENT TERMS FELL FROM 21 PER CENT IN 1985 то FOUR PER CENT AT PRESENT.
FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT, THE PERCENTAGE EXPATRIATE OFFICERS HAD DROPPED RAPIDLY OVER THE PAST NINE YEARS.
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THE PERCENTAGE OF PROFESSIONAL EXPATRIATE STAFF ΤΟ TOTAL PROFESSIONAL STAFF HAD STOOD AT 47 PER CENT IN 1981, AND WAS NOW NINE PER CENT.
FOR THE POLICE, IT WAS INTENDED TO ENSURE THAT LEADERSHIP IN THE SENIOR RANKS WAS PREDOMINANTLY LOCAL BY THE YEAR 2000, MR BARNES ADDED.
IN 1981, THERE HAD BEEN 49 LOCAL OFFICERS AT OR SUPERINTENDENT RANK. EXPATRIATE OFFICERS NUMBERED 205. NOW THERE 183 LOCAL OFFICERS COMPARED TO 306 EXPATRIATE OFFICERS.
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"IT IS EXPECTED THAT BY THE YEAR 2000 LOCAL OFFICERS WILL PROGRESSED FURTHER IN THEIR CAREERS AND THAT THE PRINCIPAL HAVE BEEN MET." MR BARNES SAID.
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