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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1975.

MORE SENIOR GOVERNMENT POSTS FILLED BY LOCAL OFFICENS

THERE HAS BEEN A STEADY INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF LOCAL OFFICERS APPOINTED TO THE DIRECTORATE AND EQUIVALENT LEVELS IN THE GOVERNMENT, THE COLONIAL SECRETARY, THE HON. DENYS ROBERTS SAID TODAY.

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IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON, WILSON WANG IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, HE SAID THAT ON JANUARY 1 THIS YEAR, THERE WERE 118 LOCAL OFFICERS AT THIS LEVEL OUT OF A TOTAL OF 471 OFFICERS.

GOVERNMENT POLICY ON LOCALISATION IS TO RECRUIT PEOPLE FROM OVERSEAS ONLY WHEN SUITACLE AND QUALIFIED LOCAL CANDIDATES ARE NOT AVAILABLE.

MR. ROBERTS SAID: OVERSEAS OFFICERS ARE NORMALLY RECRUITED ON CONTRACT TERMS AND MAY TRANSFER TO PERMANENT TERMS ONLY IF IT IS APPARENT THAT A LOCAL CANDIDATE 13 UNLIKELY TO DECOME AVAILABLE TO REPLACE THE OVERSEAS OFFICERS IN THE REASONABLY FORESCEADLE FUTURE.

+ONLY IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE GLASS AND THE POLICE INSPECTORATE IS THERE A REGULAR INTAKE OF A PROPORTION OF OVERSEAS OFFICERS.+

HE POINTED OUT: >MOST SENIOR POSTS ARE FILLED DY PROMOTION WITHIN THE SERVICE AND ALL QUALIFIED CANDIDATES ARE CONSIDERED FOR PROMOTION ON EQUAL TERMS.+

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