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THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1993
GOVT SENSITIVE TO LOCAL OFFICERS 1 VIEWS ON LOCALISATION
THE GOVERNMENT IS VERY SENSITIVE TO THE VIEWS OF LOCAL OFFICERS ON THE LOCALISATION ISSUE AND IT HAS NO INTENTION OF ALLOWING THE NEW EXPATRIATE ARRANGEMENTS TO SLOW DOWN THE PACE OF LOCALISATION, ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID FORD, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
"INDEED, WHERE THERE ARE PROBLEMS IN SOME DEPARTMENTS OVER LOCALISATION, THE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE AND I MYSELF ARR TALKING TO THE HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS WITH A VIEW TO SPEEDING UP THE PROCESS.
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SO WE ARE COMMITTED TO LOCALISATION AND NO DECISION WE HAVE MADE SHOULD BE TAKEN TO BE ANY CONTRARY то THAT, STRESSED.
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SIR DAVID WAS SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER OPENING THE JUNIOR POLICE CALL SUMMER CAMP 93 AT PO LEUNG KUK HOLIDAY CAMP IN PAK TAM CHUNG, SAI KUNG.
HE SAID IT SHOULD NOT BE ASSUMED THAT EXPATRIATE OFFICERS WHO APPLIED FOR NATURALISATION AND NEW CONTRACTS WOULD BE GRANTED AS MATTER OF COURSE.
"EVERY CASE WILL BE CONSIDERED ON ITS MERIT. WE WILL LOOK AT THE MERITS OF THE OFFICER CONCERNED, HE SAID.
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WHEN THE GOVERNMENT IS PREPARING FOR 1997 AND THE PROVISIONS IN BASIC LAW, IT MUST MAKE SURE THAT LOCAL CHINESE OFFICERS WHO ARE READY TO TAKE OVER THOSE SENIOR POSITIONS WOULD BE IN PLACE.
"HAVING THEM IN PLACE IN 1997 MEANS THAT WE MUST GIVE THEM THE NECESSARY EXPERIENCE NOW AND SO THE MANAGEMENT OF THE CIVIL SERVICE WILL ALSO BE A KEY FACTOR IN DECIDING WHETHER EXPATRIATE OFFICERS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO HAVE THEIR CONTRACTS RENEWED AS WELL AS MERITS AND THAT'S AN IMPORTANT ISSUE AS WELL..
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SIR DAVID ALSO STRESSED THAT ARRANGEMENTS TO ALLOW EXPATRIATE CIVIL SERVANTS ΤΟ SWITCH TO LOCAL TERMS WERE VERY MUCH TEMPORARY
ARRANGEMENTS.
SIR DAVID ALSO HOPED THAT THE CIVIL SERVICE DID NOT RESORT ΤΟ INDUSTRIAL ACTION TO PRESS AHEAD THEIR CAUSE.
"AND I'D VERY MUCH HOPE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TALKING. WE CAN CONTINUE DISCUSSING WITH THE UNIONS AND WITH THE DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED HOW TO FIND THE BEST WAY FORWARD.
HE ESTIMATED THAT ONLY 10 OUT OF OVER 70 GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS WOULD LIKELY BE AFFECTED BY THE NEW POLICY.
"80 WE ARE TALKING ABOUT FIRST OF ALL A VERY SMALL NUMBER OF DEPARTMENTS. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A VERY SMALL NUMBER OF PEOPLE AND AS I EMPHASISED WE ARE DETERMINED NOT TO LET THIS AFFECT THE PACE OF LOCALISATION AS WE HAVE BEEN PURSUING. AND I THINK OUR RECORD ANYBODY CARES TO EXAMINE IS VERY GOOD IN THAT RESPECT."
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