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necessary to advertise appointments twice, and sometimes three

times, end consequently the cumulative cost of such advertise-

ments becomes a considerable item in the expenditure incurred

in filling vacancies, When advertising, we keep this point

in view, and endeavour to reduce the wording so far as is

compatible with making the advertisement comprehensive.

To each of the applicants who appears, prima facie, likely to

be qualified, we issue a memorandum containing detailed

information regarding the post. A specimen of such a

memorandum is attached. Hongkong advertisements, however +

have already been expanded in accordance with the expressed

wish of the Government (see your letter of the 2nd of

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0.2339/25, and previous correspondence), and

February, 1925, No.

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to expand them still more is, at least, an uneconomical

proposal. From that point of view, it appears to us that

it would be preferable to reduce the data in the advertise-

ment to a minimum, and if necessary, to expand that in the

memorandum of particulare.

it seems to us Furthermore "

that much of the information which the Government of Hongkong

wish inserted is superfluous in the advertisement, and in

some cas és even in the paper of particulars, unless it

applies to the particular appointment to be dealt with

the time e.g. it does not appear necessary regarding rent allowance to quote (a), (b) and (c) of the paragraph dealing with quarters on page 2 of Form A. in the case of the appointment of, say, an Assistant Engineer whose commencing salary is

only £460 a year. Also paragraph 5 relating to passages in both forme A and B quoted verbatim, would not convey very

much to prospective candidates, as they would be in entire ignorance as to what the usual terms as to passage etc",

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