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Saturday, January 26, 1974

The universities, the Financial Secretary said, could play a larger

role in the management of community affairs by encouraging more graduates to

join the public service.

He was not certain that the civil service was enjoying a fair share

of the rumal output of university graduates at the present tine and ho pointed out that of the 3,426 posts in recruitment ranks in the public service

which require a first degree as an entrance qualification, some 838 or alnost

one quarter had not been filled.

He also doubted whether the public service, especially the administrative

clnas, was getting its fair share of the best graduates.

"This may partly be, of course, the result of the prospects offered

by the private sector in cur growing economy.

"But it my also be because some students, who could find a

satisfactory and rewarding career in the public service, are not sufficiently

aware of the interesting and varied nature of auch of the work involved and of

the satisfaction to be gained from serving the community at large."

Mr. Haddon-Cave stressed that there should be a willingness, indoed

an anxiety on the part of university staff to serve on government boards and

committees. While some were already making a most valuable contribution in

this respect, we could with more," he added.

Noting that the fault lay on both sides and that the government

could make a greater effort to tap the store of knowledge and expertise

available in universities, the Financial Secretary said, however, that there

was room for a somewhat more forthcoming approach by the academic community,"

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