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WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1990

HOWEVER, THERE WAS NO LEGAL REQUIREMENT FOR THE IN THE TEST TO COMPLY WITH THESE REQUIREMENTS,

VEHICLES USED

COMMISSIONER

FOR

THIS WAS REMEDIED BY THE BILL WHICH EMPOWERED THE FOR TRANSPORT TO SPECIFY THE REQUIREMENTS FOR MOTOR VEHICLES USED DRIVING TESTS.

DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED.

NEW CIVIL SERVICE MANAGEMENT REVIEW NOT NECESSARY

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THE CHIEF SECRETARY, THE HON SIR DAVID FORD, LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) HE DOES NOT BELIEVE

MANAGEMENT OR ORGANISATIONAL STUDY OF ANOTHER OVERALL SERVICE IS NECESSARY AT PRESENT.

TOLD

THE THAT YET THE CIVIL

LI, THE

CHIEF HAD HAD

REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON DAVID SECRETARY SAID THAT SINCE THE MCKINSEY REPORT THE GOVERNMENT THE 1988 HAY MANAGEMENT STUDY OF THE TOP STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT WHICH RESULTED IN THE REORGANISATION OF RESPONSIBILITIES AMONG SECRETARIAT POLICY BRANCHES.

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ASSIST IT WAS THE REVIEW OF THE

IN ADDITION, THE GOVERNMENT DID USE CONSULTANTS

CURRENT EXAMPLE ON SPECIFIC ISSUES, AND A REGISTRAR GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.

SIR DAVID POINTED OUT THAT CIVIL SERVICE WAGES WERE ONLY ONE OF THE CAUSES OF THE GROWTH IN THE GOVERNMENT'S RECURRENT EXPENDITURE.

OTHER MAJOR CAUSES WERE THE EXPANSION OF EXISTING SERVICES AND THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW SERVICES, MUCH OF WHICH DIRECTLY BENEFITTED THE PUBLIC, HE SAID.

"FOR EXAMPLE, IMPROVEMENTS TO SOCIAL SERVICES IN 1990-91 WILL COST AN ADDITIONAL $72.6 MILLION, IMPROVEMENTS TO EDUCATION WILL COST AN ADDITIONAL $21 MILLION, AND THE SETTING UP OF THE SPORTS DEVELOPMENT BOARD WILL COST $35 MILLION, HE SAID.

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SIR DAVID SAID PERSONAL EMOLUMENTS FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE AND SUBVENTED SECTORS HAD BEEN MAINTAINED ANNUALLY AT JUST ABOVE 60 PER CENT OF RECURRENT EXPENDITURE OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS.

OF THIS PROPORTION, THE CIVIL SERVICE ELEMENT HAD BEEN MAINTAINED AT AROUND 38-39 PER CENT PER

PER YEAR OF TOTAL RECURRENT EXPENDITURE WITH THE REMAINDER BEING SPENT ON THE VOLUNTARY AGENCIES.

SECTOR,

THE CHIEF SECRETARY ALSO POINTED OUT THAT UNLIKE THE PRIVATE CIVIL SERVICE PERFORMANCE COULD NOT BE MEASURED BY

PROFITABILITY.

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