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Wednesday, May 23, 1973
The other is the Financial Secretary who would be graded immediately
below the Colonial Secretary to reflect his responsibility as the government's
top adviser and executive in the highly important and expanding fields of
finance and economice.
The Secretary for Home Affairs, Attorney General and Deputy Colonial
Secretary would be graded at the next point and immediately above the new-style
branch heads.
The report states that while the proposed new organisation is by
no means perfect "it represents the best compromise between the sometimes
conflicting criteria of achieving managerial efficiency, satisfying political
requirements, and remaining within the capabilities of available staff,"
Introduction of the changes across the whole of government, it says,
will entail a sizable additional work load over a number of years and would
have to be accomplished with the least possible disruption of government
business.
The report also gives an outline of some suggested longer term
changes that could be considered at a later stage.
One of these involves "hiving off" certain sections of activity
to form separate agencies managed independently by their own board and staff.
The government's role in these sphères would then be limited to
setting overall standards and determining key factors such as prices.
The report lists the airport, the railway, waterworks and post
office as potential candidates which could be turned into such separate
independent entities.
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