CO129-600-1 Salaries Commission- proposed Public Services Commission 29-9-1947 - 28-12-1947 — Page 4

but. It should not deal with

mowidual

cases.

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the Public Service and with all promotions from

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class to class. Although it is possible in principle

for the Public Service Commission to deal with all

promotions it is thought that it would be impracticable

for a Commission with a small membership to deal

with large numbers of promotions and it w' probably

be advisable that minor promotions should continue

to be dealt with departmentally.

may

Having regard to this I am doubtful of the

practicability of including among the functions

of the Public Service Commission in Hong Kong that

of advising the Governor with regard to promotion

recommendations made by Heads of Departments. It

depends of course what classes of promotion this

recommendation is intended to cover but it is a

question which can be taken up in due course with

the Governor. It would be necessary to lay down

what promotions should be considered by the Public

Service Commission and what promotions should be

settled departmentally.

There would, I think, be no objectim to em-

powering a Public Service Commission to deal with

questions affecting efficiency bars if this is not

likely to result in its being overburdened with work.

With regard to conditions of service it will

be seen that the view is that it is not normally

desirable that this question should be tackled by

a Public Service Commission. The grounds for this

are set out in paragraph 17(a) of the attached paper.

For the reasons stated I suggest that the Public

Service Commission in Hong Kong should not deal

with this subject but that the question of setting

up Whitley Councils and the appointment of a high-

powered Establishment Officer should be considered.

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