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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1991
KONG
MR
IF THIS WAS SUSTAINED INTO NEXT YEAR,
ASPREY SAID HONG WOULD SOON SEE THE GRADUAL CLOSURE OF CAMPS; THE POLICE DISENGAGEMENT FROM MANAGEMENT OF THE DETENTION CENTRES; AND THE CONSEQUENT RETURN OF SEVERAL HUNDRED POLICEMEN TO THEIR PROPER DUTIES.
THERE WOULD BE RELIEF FOR THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, THE AUXILIARY AND VOLUNTEER SERVICES AND ALL THE OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND NON-GOVERNMENT AGENCIES WHO HAD COPED 80 MAGNIFICENTLY IN DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES OVER MANY YEARS, HE SAID.
GOVT TO MAINTAIN HIGH STANDARD OF CIVIL SERVICE
* * * * *
AND
THE
HAVING THE BEST CIVIL SERVICE POSSIBLE IS VITAL MAINTAINING ITS HIGH STANDARD MEANS RECOGNISING AND ACKNOWLEDGING
THE CIVIL IMPORTANT ROLE PLAYED BY CIVIL SERVANTS, THE SECRETARY FOR
IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY. SERVICE, MR BARRIE WIGGHAM, SAID (WEDNESDAY).
MAINTAINING
THE STANDARD
ALSO MEANT
THAT ENSURING
AS AN AND CONTINUE TO EMPLOYER THE GOVERNMENT COULD COMPETE IN THE MARKET ATTRACT AND RETAIN FULLY QUALIFIED AND COMMITTED INDIVIDUALS, HE SAID.
EXPLICIT "DEDICATED
COMMENTING THAT HE WAS PLEASED TO HEAR THE OCCASIONAL WORD OF PRAISE FROM MEMBERS RECOGNISING THAT WE DID HAVE A AND LOYAL CIVIL SERVICE, THE ENVY OF MANY", MR WIGGHAM SAID, "WE KEEP IT THAT WAY.'
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'ALL "WHEN IT APPEARS THAT EVERYTHING AROUND IS
CHANGE' OF THE CONSTANTS IS THE CIVIL SERVICE. THIS, I SUGGEST, REPRESENTS MANY A WELCOME SYMBOL OF STABILITY AND CONTINUITY.
MUST
ONE
то
"AFTER
ALL,
WHATEVER
THE
POLITICAL
DEVELOPMENTS
WHATEVER FUNDS
WE
ARE
ARE
AT THE
WITNESSING; WHATEVER POLICY DECISIONS ARE TAKEN; VOTED BY THIS COUNCIL; WHATEVER LEGISLATION IS PUT IN PLACE END OF THE DAY, IMPLEMENTATION DEPENDS ON CIVIL SERVANTS," HE SAID.
DID
IN
AS
IN
MR WIGGHAM SAID ONE MEMBER, HE WAS GLAD TO SAY,
RECOGNISE THE PRESSURES ON THE CIVIL SERVICE THAT CHANGES DID BRING: CHANGES CHANGES INTRODUCED PUBLIC ATTITUDES AND EXPECTATIONS; STRUCTURAL
CHANGES MANIFESTED ABOVE ALL PART OF THE TRANSITION; POLITICAL THIS CHAMBER.
"AGAINST THAT BACKGROUND CIVIL SERVANTS
LOVED
—
REASSURANCE. NEED
IT
NEED
DO BUT THEY
TO BE AND THEIR CONTRIBUTION BE REASSURED SYSTEMS
IS NOT THAT THEY EXPECT TO BE APPRECIATED; THEY DO NEED TO HAVE THEIR ROLE TO HONG KONG'S SUCCESS RECOGNISED; AND THEY DO NEED THAT THE SYSTEMS THAT PROVIDE THE CIVIL SERVICE FRAMEWORK
ON OF APPOINTMENT, PROMOTION, REWARD AND SO DECLARATION PROMISES, 'BE MAINTAINED'," HE SAID.
J
WILL, AS THE JOINT
/MR WIGGHAM