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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1990

DID

SIR DAVID SAID THE OCCUR, CASES WHERE DISPUTES IN

AND DIRECT ADMINISTRATION RELIEVED IN RESOLVING THEM THROUGH FRANK DIALOGUE BETWEEN MANAGEMENT AND STAFF.

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SHOULD AS I SAID EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE SUCCESS OF OUR SYSTEM

ENDS THE MAJORITY OF WHICH MEASURED BY THE QUIET CONSENSUS

HE SAID. DISAGREEMENTS; NOT BY THE NOISY AND UNREPRESENTATIVE FEW,

BE

THE CHIEF SECRETARY SAID SINCE THE GOVERNMENT DID EMPHASISE THE OBVIOUSLY IMPORTANT IMPORTANCE OF DIALOGUE AND CONSULTATION, IT WAS THAT ITS SYSTEM OF INTERNAL COMMUNICATION WAS EFFECTIVE.

"THE PRESENT CONSULTATIVE MACHINERY IS AN ELABORATE ONE.

**THERE ARE PLENTY

AVENUES OPEN TO OF

то STAFF

AIR THEIR

GRIEVANCES, OR SIMPLY TO EXPRESS A VIEW.

"THIS

THEY

THROUGH

ONE-TO-ONE THROUGH THEIR

CAN DO EITHER INDIVIDUALLY CONTACT WITH DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT; OR COLLECTIVELY

88 THE

DEPARTMENTAL CONSULTATIVE ON

FOUR CENTRAL AS WELL AS THE SERVICE,

REPRESENTATIVES

THE

COMMITTEES CONSULTATIVE THROUGHOUT

WAS CURRENTLY COUNCILS,' SIR DAVID SAID ADDING THAT THE GOVERNMENT FINALISING SOME PROPOSALS TO IMPROVE THE PRESENT MACHINERY FURTHER.

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PROVIDED THE

NOTING THAT THE RANGE AND COMPLEXITY OF THE SERVICES BY THE GOVERNMENT HAD GROWN, THE CHIEF SECRETARY SAID IT FELL ON ADMINISTRATION TO MEET THESE CHALLENGES AND RESPOND EFFECTIVELY TO NEW

DEMANDS.

"A DEDICATED AND EFFICIENT CIVIL SERVICE IS THE CONTINUANCE OF SOUND ADMINISTRATION.

KEY ΤΟ THE

WE NEED PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE VISION TO SET NEW GOALS

ΤΟ COMMUNITY; AND THE INTEGRITY, COURAGE AND COMMITMENT THROUGH, HE SAID.

FOR THE SEE THEM

HE RECOGNISED THAT THE CHALLENGES OF BOTH THE PRESENT AND FUTURE MIGHT WELL PUT ADDITIONAL STRAIN ON THE CIVIL SERVICE.

THE

THAT

WHO

UP MAKE "WE NERD ΤΟ

THE MEN AND WOMEN REASSURE SERVICE, THAT MANAGEMENT IS ALIVE TO THEIR CONCERNS AND IS ADDRESSING THOSE CONCERNS CONSTRUCTIVELY; IS GIVING THEM BOTH THE TOOLS TO DO THE AND IS GIVING THEM EVERY FOR THE JOB; PAY APPROPRIATE JOB AND OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY THEIR PART IN SHAPING THE HONG KONG OF THE FUTURE.

THE *IN THIS, I AM SURE THEY CAN LOOK TO SUPPORT OF THIS COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE,

UNDERSTANDING AND

SIR DAVID SAID.

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