XN000022-1978-11-02 — Page 5

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1978

HE ALSO THOUGHT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD ADOPT A MORE FLEXIBLE POLICY TOWARDS THE CALCULATION OF THE INCOME CEILING FOR PUBLIC HOUSING APPLICANTS WHOSE INCOME, AT THE TIME OF APPLICATION WAS BELOW BUT AFTER A WAIT SOMETIMES OF SEVERAL YEARS. EXCEEDS THE CEILING. THIS CAN BE DONE, FOR EXAMPLE, BY ALLOWING THEIR INCOME TO EXCEED THE CEILING BY A PRE-FIXED PERCENTAGE.

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NOT ONLY WILL THESE PEOPLE'S DISAPPOINTMENT BE MINIMISED, NO GREAT ADMINISTRATIVE DIFFICULTIES WILL ARISE, HE SAID.

HE THOUGHT THAT A NEW SALARIES COMMISSION, THE NECESSITY FOR WHICH HE HAD ALREADY SUGGESTED LAST YEAR, BE APPOINTED TO CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE STRUCTURE AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE OF THE WHOLE CIVIL SERVICE.

THE REVIEW SHOULD ALSO COVER CASES IN WHICH THERE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN EXCESSIVE STAFF INCREASE. HE SAID THAT AT PRESENT, SOME PEOPLE HAVE THE IMPRESSION THAT THERE IS A FAIRLY LARGE NUMBER OF REDUNDANT STAFF IN THE CIVIL SERVICE AND QUOTED THE POSSIBLE EXAMPLE OF HOUSING MANAGERS.

HE THOUGHT THAT THE GOVERNMENT POLICY ON THE CIVIL SERVICE SHOULD IN FUTURE AIM AT BETTERING CONDITIONS OF SERVICE, IMPROVING QUALITY, AND ENHANCING EFFICIENCY, INSTEAD OF MERELY INCREASING STAFF AS A MEASURE TO SOLVE PROBLEMS.

HE SUPPORTED THE WORK OF THE ICAC WHICH HE COMPARED TO A +STRONG DETERGENT USED TO CLEAN UP CORRUPTION AND OTHER RELATED MALPRACTICES.+

HE POINTED OUT THAT THE IMPRESSION OF THE ICAC GRINDING TO A HALT AFTER THE ICAC-POLICE CONFLICT LAST YEAR IS WRONG. THE IMPRESSION, HE EXPLAINED, IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF ÍCAC PROSECUTIONS, LESS DRAMATIC OPERATIONS AND LIMITED PUBLICITY.

HE SUGGESTED THAT THE COMMISSION GIVE GREATER PUBLICITY TO THE WORK OF ITS COMMUNITY RELATIONS AND CORRUPTION PREVENTION DEPARTMENTS IN AN EFFORT TO SECURE THE CO-OPERATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

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