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of the employer, the Colonial Government,

2t seems doubtful whether a

Public Services Commission composed as

recommended in paragraph 175 could deal

with such matters as effectively as a

well organised and adequately staffed

Establishment Department. In this

country and in many Colonies, the method

adopted to achieve the object of

maintaining confidence in the capacity

of Government to deal satisfactorily

with such matters is a system of

consultation between its representatives

and representatives of Associations of

its officials, such as is afforded by

the Whitley Council system. If,

pending the institution of Whitley

Councils or some similar system of

consultation in Hong Kong it is

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considered that there may be some

advantage in referring such matters to

the Public Service Commission, I suggest

that care should be taken to ensure that

the reference of such matters to the

PabilTez Sorica Commission is conducted

in such a manner as to avoid prejudice

to the growth of a system of direct

consultation between Government and

representatives of its employees.

As regards paragraph 173 (v), the

interpretation and application of

conditions of service in individual

cases, rather than as a matter of

general practice would not normally be

the concern of Whitley Councils, and I

/should