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Note of a meeting held on 22nd October
to discuss Chapter VII of the
Salaries Commission's Report
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Present:
Mr. Sloss,
Mr. Mayle
Dr. Cruikshank Mr W. E. Ward
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Mr.
Robison
Mr. Betten Miss Whyte.
The meeting was held to discuss the possibilities of
providing opportunities of apprenticeship or post-graduate
practical training for local officers entering Government
service in the spheres of Engineering, Education and
Medicine. It was pointed out that we cannot afford to keep
sending great numbers of local officers to this country for
training and that facilities must therefore be provided
locally, where possible.
a) Engineering At present engineers are only recruited to the Colonial Service if they have a registrable degree and
some experience. They are not confirmed in their appointments
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As it is
until they hold the qualification of A.M.I.C.E.
often difficult to find recruits with experience, Mr. Betton
welcomed the suggestion that the P. W.D. should provide
apprenticeship training for local officers the only possible objection being that it may be difficult to inaugurate such a scheme with the present shortage of staff in the P.W.D.
(b) Education The suggestion was also welcomed by the
Education Adviser as it is felt that it is necessary for a
teacher to have a two-year apprenticeship in teaching after
gaining his certificate. The system should apply to all
It is, schools.in Hong Kong and not merely Government ones.
however, desirable, in the case of Education that candidates
should have experience of teaching in the United Kingdom
where this is possible. If the recommendation is carried out,
it will mean that the local staff will be better qualified
than those recruited from the U.K., since the latter are
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at present required to have experience.
(c) Medicine It is certainly essential that an
apprenticeship should be served either under a General
Practitioner (who will have to be on a selected list),
or in a hospital, before an appointment is taken up,
as suggested in the Spens Report on the Remuneration
of G.P.'s. It is suggested that such an apprentice-
ship should be made a condition of registration as
a doctor in the Colony this would involve legisla-
tion for which there are some precedents, though this
is not yet the practice in the United Kingdom.
The meeting was to ascertain the views of the
Advisers on this Chapter of the Report, as the Salaries
Commission have only recommended that Government should
make a special enquiry into the possibilities of local
apprenticeships.
Colonial Office,
8th November, 1947.
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