CO129-600-2 Salaries Commission- proposed Public Services Commission 20-1-1948 - 1-3-1948 — Page 98

Wt. 41936/587. 1/47. 50m. S. Wt. 47799/614. 2/47. 30m. S.

& S. Ltd. & S. Ltd.

53723/3/47. H.K.

See revised

бр.

L

Mr. Whittle.

Mr..

. May le Mr. Luskin

Mr..

Mr..

16/1

Permt. U.S. of S.

Parly. U.S. S.

Secretary of State.

24

January, 1948.

DRAFT. DESPATCH

HONG KONG

Your Reference........

sir,

NO.

CONFIDENTIAL.

(67) in 53723/47.

GOVERNOR.

Extract from

Conference of African

Governors A.G.C. No.4.

(5)

(4)

(

é Section D.EF

san: 11-21).

AGC Minutes 13.

FURTHER ACTION.

Cohy to bersonnel ffr

I have etc. to refer to the

recommendation in Chapter 8 of the

Salaries Commission Report, enclosed

with your Confidential despatch No. 215

of the 12th September last that a

Public Service Commission should be

set up in the Colony, and to my

Confidential telegram No. 1965 of the

28th December last in which, in reply

to your Confidential telegram No. 1917

of the 19th December, I undertook to

address you further on the subject.

2. The establishment of Public

Service Commissions in the Colonies

generally for the purpose of advising

the Governor on the selection and

appointment of candidates in the Colony

to posts in the local service was

advocated by my predecessor in the

broad atatement of policy contained

in paragraph 21(xi) of Colonial

No. 197 "Organisation of the Colonial

Service". Since then I have had under

examination various aspects of the

application