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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1988

TIME OF ADJUSTMENT AHEAD: CS

THE

TOWARDS A

ELFCTED ADJUSTMENT ON THE PART OF

DAVID

SAID THIS FORD,

WHOLLY

PROGRESSIVE DEVELOPMENT LEGISLATURE WILL REQUIRE A GOOD DEAL OF

SIR CHIEF SECRETARY, THE CIVIL SERVANTS, (MONDAY) EVENING.

HE SAID.

THE HONG

THE CHANGE WILL CLEARLY "HOW OFFICIALS MANAGE THEIR PART OF HAVE A SIGNIFICANT BEARING ON THE WAY HONG KONG WILL BE RUN,

IN THE NINETIES" AT SPEAKING ON "THE GOVERNMENT KONG MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION ANNUAL FELLOWSHIP DINNER, SIR HE FORESAW THAT, UP TO AND BEYOND 1997, HONG KONG WOULD HAVE A

AND CHECKED BY EXECUTIVE BRANCH, BALANCED BY AN ELECTED LEGISLATURE AN INDEPENDENT JUDICIARY.

"THE

PROGRESSIVE

DEVELOPMENT

LEGISLATURE IS, OF COURSE, A STIPULATION DECLARATION, HE SAID.

"IT

*

TOWARDS

A

DAVID SAID STRONG

WHOLLY ELECTED OF THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT

IS

ALSO A NATURAL AND DESIRABLE CONSIDERING THE STATE OF HONG KONG'S SOCIAL AND AND THE WISHES OF THE COMMUNITY.

++

FOR CIVIL SERVANTS WHO HAD FOR MANY YEARS AN ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THE BUREAUCRACY PLAYED DAVID SAID THE DEVELOPMENT SPELT ADJUSTMENT.

"THEY WILL NEED TO

DEVELOP

A

THING ECONOMIC

IN ITSELF,

DEVELOPMENT

BEEN ACCUSTOMED TO PIVOTAL ROLE, SIR

SKILLS,

ΤΟ LOSING

NEW PERCEPTIONS AND MANAGE THE POLITICS SURROUNDING THEIR DAILY ACTIVITIES WITHOUT SIGHT OF THEIR PRINCIPLES," HE SAID.

AND

WILL FIND THAT "THIS WILL NOT BE EASY, BUT THOSE WHO SUCCEED THE POLITICAL COVER THEY OBTAIN WILL GIVE THEM GREATER STRENGTH, A GREATER CONFIDENCE IN MAKING DIFFICULT DECISIONS.

WHILE PRAISING THE QUALITY, MOTIVATION AND DEDICATION

CIVIL MUST

SERVICE,

BE

"EQUIPPED

THE

TO

CHIEF COPE WITH

SECRETARY

CHANGE"

KONG'S SERVANTS POLITICALLY, BUT TECHNOLOGICALLY AND MANAGERIALLY.

"WE HAVE TO KEEP OUR PROFESSIONALS

UP-TO-DATE

SAID

OF HONG CIVIL NOT JUST

WITH

THE MOST

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY AND SKILL," HE SAID.

OF

SOCIAL,

WITH MODERN "WE HAVE TO KEEP OUR ADMINISTRATORS WELL INFORMED

TOUCH MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES. WE HAVE TO KEEP OUR SENIOR STAFF WELL IN WITH THE

POLITICAL SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT ELSEWHERE,

ECONOMIC

AND

ADAPTABLE то

FRAMEWORK, INEVITABLE

"WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE OUR STAFF ARE OPEN-MINDED, OPERATING IN AN EVOLVING ADMINISTRATIVE AND CONSTITUTIONAL RESILIENT IN FACE OF THE AND MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL BE PRESSURES BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE TRANSITION."

/SIR DAVID