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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1993
CS HIGHLIGHTS PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN CIVIL SERVICE AND LEGCO
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CO-
THE CIVIL SERVICE HAS SET ABOUT BUILDING A CREATIVE · AND OPERATIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, THE NEW CHIEF SECRETARY, MRS ANSON CHAN, SAID TONIGHT (TUESDAY).
MRS CHAN SAID THE CIVIL SERVICE RESPONDED TO HONG KONG'S UNIQUE POLITICAL SITUATION IN TERMS OF A PARTNERSHIP.
"I VALUE THIS PARTNERSHIP, AND I WANT TO ACHIEVE THE MAXIMUM CO-OPERATION WITH MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL," SHE SAID.
SHE WAS SPRAKING AT THE ANNUAL FELLOWSHIP DINNER OF THE HONG KONG MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION.
BUT SHE SAID CO-OPERATION WAS A TWO-WAY THING AND IMPLIED A DEGREE OF TRUST ON THE PART OF BOTH PARTIES.
"IT SEEMS TO ME NOT UNREASONABLE TO ALLOW THE GOVERNMENT TO GET WITH THE DAY-TO-DAY MANAGEMENT DECISIONS OF RUNNING A LARGE CIVIL SERVICE."
ON
SHE SAID THE DEDICATION AND
SERVICE WOULD BE IN DANGER IF:
PROFESSIONALISM OF THE CIVIL
* OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS BECOME PART OF A STRUGGLE FOR POLITICAL
ADVANTAGE, OR,
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INDIVIDUALS CANNOT BE DISCIPLINED OR PROMOTED WITHOUT PROVOKING POLITICAL CONTROVERSY.
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CHIEF SECRETARY, I WILL HELP THE CIVIL SERVICE ΤΟ RESIST THESE DANGERS, SHE SAID.
THIS WILL BE BY:
* PROTECTING ITS IMPARTIALITY AND POLITICAL NEUTRALITY,
DEFENDING IT'S TRADITION OF MAKING
PROMOTIONS STRICTLY ACCORDING TO MERIT AND
APPOINTMENTS AND
:
QUALIFICATIONS,
AND
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MAINTAINING OBJECTIVE AND PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS OF
MANAGEMENT.
"THE CIVIL SERVICE, ABOVE ALL, MUST REMAIN A MERITOCRACY,' SHE
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SAID.
YEARS
MRS CHAN SAID HER BIGGEST PERSONAL CHALLENGE IN THE COMING WOULD BE TO ENSURE THAT THE CIVIL SERVICE MADE ITS CONTRIBUTION TO THE SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION TO 1997.
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"HONG KONG IS IN A PERIOD OF RAPID POLITICAL EVOLUTION.
/"THE COMMUNITY