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WEDNESDAY, JULY 11,

JULY 11, 1990

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SIR DAVID WHEN SUITABLE INSUFFICIENT

REGARDING THE TRACK RECORD ON OVERSEAS RECRUITMENT, SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD ALWAYS RECRUITED FROM OVERSEAS LOCAL CANDIDATES WERE NOT AVAILABLE OR WERE AVAILABLE IN NUMBERS.

THE MAJORITY OF

APPOINTEES THOSE SURVEYORS, ENGINEERS, ARCHITECTS AND LAWYERS.

WERE POLICE

INSPECTORS,

"IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, A TOTAL OF 507 OVERSEAS OFFICERS BEEN RECRUITED, HE SAID.

SIR DAVID SAID SINCE 1988, THE ADMINISTRATIVE MOUNTED OVERSEAS RECRUITMENT EXERCISES TARGETTED AT FORMER RESIDENTS AND HONG KONG STUDENTS OVERSEAS.

"IN 1988-89, THREE CANDIDATES FROM THE UK AND WERE RECRUITED, OUT OF A TOTAL OF 25 APPOINTEES.

HAVE

HAD GRADE HONG KONG

THREE FROM USA

JUST HAS "IN THE EXERCISE THAT

BEEN COMPLETED IN 1989-90,

THE UK,

FIVE IN APPOINTMENT IS BEING OFFERED TO FOUR CANDIDATES IN

TOTAL OF 37 CANDIDATES TO BE THE USA AND TWO IN CANADA, OUT OF A OFFERED APPOINTMENT, HE SAID.

ADMINISTRATIVE GRADE, THE

SIR DAVID NOTED IN ADDITION TO THE

HAD ALSO ATTEMPTED A SMALL SCALE EXERCISE TO SOCIAL WORK GRADE RECRUIT FROM CANADA IN 1989.

SO FAR

NO

SUITABLE

CANDIDATE

HAD BEEN IDENTIFIED

FOR

MADE THIS

APPOINTMENT IN THAT EXERCISE AND A SECOND ATTEMPT WOULD BE

YEAR.

RESOURCES FOR DISTRIBUTION OF HOW THE ON DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS WAS DETERMINED, SIR THE DISTRIBUTION WAS DETERMINED ON A NEED BASIS.

RECRUITMENT

IN

DAVID EXPLAINED

"CLEARLY WE SHALL

PAY

PARTICULAR

ATTENTION

TO FORMER

AUSTRALIA WHERE WE KNOW THERE IS A GROWING POOL OF RESIDENTS WHO MAY WISH TO RETURN TO HONG KONG TO WORK AFTER THE RIGHT OF ABODE THERE, HE SAID.

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CANADA AND HONG KONG ACQUIRING

CONDUCTED SMALL

SAID THAT RECRUITMENT IN THE UK WAS

OFFICE IN LONDON WHERE A THROUGH THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT

ΤΟ STATIONED

HANDLE ALL RECRUITMENT

SIR DAVID

DEDICATED TEAM OF

STAFF WAS

RELATED MATTERS FOR ALL CIVIL SERVICE GRADES.

THE

ECONOMIC

AND

TRADE OFFICES

IN SAN

IN NORTH AMERICA, FRANCISCO AND WASHINGTON PROVIDED ASSISTANCE.

IS

KONG

IN

THERE ZEALAND WHERE "IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW

NO HONG

EX-CIVIL

ARE OFFICE,

SERVANTS

ENGAGED TO HELP GOVERNMENT

SORTING APPLICATIONS, CO-ORDINATING CO-ORDINATION WORK, FOR EXAMPLE INTERVIEW SCHEDULES AND SETTING UP INTERVIEW FACILITIES.

WITH

PROSPECTIVE

WRITTEN EXAMINATIONS, SELECTION

ARE

USUALLY TO ENSURE THAT CONSISTENT

SIR DAVID SAID.

CONDUCTED

BY

"AFTER INITIAL SCREENING AND INTERVIEWS

APPOINTEES SENIOR OFFICERS FROM HONG KONG, IN ORDER STANDARDS ARE APPLIED BOTH LOCALLY AND OVERSEAS,

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