THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1978
+THIS INCLUDES THE DUTY OF EXAMINING WHETHER A DEPARTMENT'S ESTABLISHMENT IS APPROPRIATE TO THE DISCHARGE OF ITS APPROVED FUNCTIONS AND OF ENSURING THAT THERE ARE THE CORRECT NUMBERS OF POSTS AT ALL LEVELS, HE SAID.
ON THE SUGGESTION FOR AN EXAMINATION OF THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT'S STRUCTURE, SIR DENYS POINTED OUT THAT THE
SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATION INITIATED LAST YEAR AN INVESTIGATION OF THE ROLE OF THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT AS A CENTRAL CO-ORDINATING BODY, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE VARIOUS SECRETARIES.
HE SAID MANAGEMENT SERVICES STAFF FROM THE ADMINISTRATION BRANCH OF THE SECRETARIAT HAVE ALSO UNDERTAKEN A PROGRAMME OF REVIEWING THE ORGANISATION OF DEPARTMENTS.
SUCH STUDIES HAVE BEEN CARRIED OUT IN THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, THE PRINTING DEPARTMENT AND THE HOME AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT, AND WILL BE EXTENDED TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS AS SUITABLE STAFF BECOME AVAILABLE.
+THE HONG KONG CIVIL SERVICE AS A WHOLE IS SUBJECTED UNDERSTANDABLY, TO MORE CRITICISM THAN PRAISE, BECAUSE GENERALLY THE DISGRUNTLED MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IS MORE VOCAL THAN THOSE WHO ARE SATISFIED, SIR DENYS SAID.
+BUT I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THE HONG KONG CIVIL SERVICE HAS MUCH MORE THAN ITS FAIR SHARE OF ABLE, DEVOTED AND INDUSTRIOUS OFFICERS, WITH A GENUINE SENSE OF DEDICATION TO THE COMMUNITY THEY SERVE.
+1 AM CONFIDENT THAT THEY WILL NOT LET HONG KONG DOWN IN THE EXCITING YEARS WHICH LIE AHEAD OF US.+
REFERRING TO THE SUGGESTION BY THE HON. F.W. LI ON THE REMOVAL OF SOME ENTERPRISES OF PUBLIC UTILITY NATURE FROM THE CIVIL SERVICE TO BECOME INDEPENDENT CORPORATION OPERATING ON A COMMERCIAL BASIS, SIR DENYS SAID THERE WAS NO SUCH NEED AT PRESENT.
+ IF IT CAN BE DEMONSTRATED CLEARLY THAT ANY OF THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS WOULD BE RUN MORE ECONOMICALLY, MORE EFFICIENTLY AND PROVIDE A BETTER SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC, UNDER SOME OTHER REGIME, THE GOVERNMENT WOULD BE PREPARED TO CONSIDER IT, HE SAID.
SPEAKING ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HONG KONG AND THE UNITED KINGDOM, SIR DENYS EXPRESSED DOUBT ON THE SUGGESTION THAT SUCH LINKS HAD BEEN WEAKENED IN RECENT YEARS.
HE SAID: +OF COURSE, HONG KONG HAS ITS ENEMIES AND CRITICS, BUT SURELY THEY ARE FEW COMPARED WITH THE LARGE NUMBER OF OUR FRIENDS IN BRITAIN.+
/SIR DENYS ALSO
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