WEDNESDAY, JULY 11,
JULY 11, 1990
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SIR DAVID WHEN SUITABLE INSUFFICIENT
REGARDING THE TRACK RECORD ON OVERSEAS RECRUITMENT, SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD ALWAYS RECRUITED FROM OVERSEAS LOCAL CANDIDATES WERE NOT AVAILABLE OR WERE AVAILABLE IN NUMBERS.
THE MAJORITY OF
APPOINTEES THOSE SURVEYORS, ENGINEERS, ARCHITECTS AND LAWYERS.
WERE POLICE
INSPECTORS,
"IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, A TOTAL OF 507 OVERSEAS OFFICERS BEEN RECRUITED, HE SAID.
SIR DAVID SAID SINCE 1988, THE ADMINISTRATIVE MOUNTED OVERSEAS RECRUITMENT EXERCISES TARGETTED AT FORMER RESIDENTS AND HONG KONG STUDENTS OVERSEAS.
"IN 1988-89, THREE CANDIDATES FROM THE UK AND WERE RECRUITED, OUT OF A TOTAL OF 25 APPOINTEES.
HAVE
HAD GRADE HONG KONG
THREE FROM USA
JUST HAS "IN THE EXERCISE THAT
BEEN COMPLETED IN 1989-90,
THE UK,
FIVE IN APPOINTMENT IS BEING OFFERED TO FOUR CANDIDATES IN
TOTAL OF 37 CANDIDATES TO BE THE USA AND TWO IN CANADA, OUT OF A OFFERED APPOINTMENT, HE SAID.
ADMINISTRATIVE GRADE, THE
SIR DAVID NOTED IN ADDITION TO THE
HAD ALSO ATTEMPTED A SMALL SCALE EXERCISE TO SOCIAL WORK GRADE RECRUIT FROM CANADA IN 1989.
SO FAR
NO
SUITABLE
CANDIDATE
HAD BEEN IDENTIFIED
FOR
MADE THIS
APPOINTMENT IN THAT EXERCISE AND A SECOND ATTEMPT WOULD BE
YEAR.
RESOURCES FOR DISTRIBUTION OF HOW THE ON DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS WAS DETERMINED, SIR THE DISTRIBUTION WAS DETERMINED ON A NEED BASIS.
RECRUITMENT
IN
DAVID EXPLAINED
"CLEARLY WE SHALL
PAY
PARTICULAR
ATTENTION
TO FORMER
AUSTRALIA WHERE WE KNOW THERE IS A GROWING POOL OF RESIDENTS WHO MAY WISH TO RETURN TO HONG KONG TO WORK AFTER THE RIGHT OF ABODE THERE, HE SAID.
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CANADA AND HONG KONG ACQUIRING
CONDUCTED SMALL
SAID THAT RECRUITMENT IN THE UK WAS
OFFICE IN LONDON WHERE A THROUGH THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT
ΤΟ STATIONED
HANDLE ALL RECRUITMENT
SIR DAVID
DEDICATED TEAM OF
STAFF WAS
RELATED MATTERS FOR ALL CIVIL SERVICE GRADES.
THE
ECONOMIC
AND
TRADE OFFICES
IN SAN
IN NORTH AMERICA, FRANCISCO AND WASHINGTON PROVIDED ASSISTANCE.
IS
KONG
IN
THERE ZEALAND WHERE "IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW
NO HONG
EX-CIVIL
ARE OFFICE,
SERVANTS
ENGAGED TO HELP GOVERNMENT
SORTING APPLICATIONS, CO-ORDINATING CO-ORDINATION WORK, FOR EXAMPLE INTERVIEW SCHEDULES AND SETTING UP INTERVIEW FACILITIES.
WITH
PROSPECTIVE
WRITTEN EXAMINATIONS, SELECTION
ARE
USUALLY TO ENSURE THAT CONSISTENT
SIR DAVID SAID.
CONDUCTED
BY
"AFTER INITIAL SCREENING AND INTERVIEWS
APPOINTEES SENIOR OFFICERS FROM HONG KONG, IN ORDER STANDARDS ARE APPLIED BOTH LOCALLY AND OVERSEAS,
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