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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1993

"THESE DEPARTMENTS WOULD ALSO BE ENCOURAGED ΤΟ PUBLISH ANNUAL REPORTS ΤΟ PROMOTE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR AREAS RESPONSIBILITIES AND WORKING PROCEDURES", THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

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ON ACCESS TO OLD RECORDS OF HISTORICAL VALUE KEPT BY PUBLIC RECORDS OFFICE, THE PUBLIC ARE ALREADY ALLOWED ACCESS TO UNCLASSIFIED RECORDS OLDER THAN 30 YEARS.

THE REVIEW RECOMMENDED THAT ACCESS BE EXTENDED TO CLASSIFIED RECORDS AS WELL. INFORMATION WHICH IS PARTICULARLY SENSITIVE, FOR EXAMPLE, INFORMATION WHICH IF RELEASED, WOULD AFFECT THE PERSONAL SAFETY OF INDIVIDUALS OR SECURITY MATTERS, WILL HOWEVER BE EXCLUDED.

"THIS WILL BRING US IN LINE WITH THE PRACTICE IN MOST OTHER DEVELOPED COUNTRIES," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

CLARIFICATION ON CIVIL SERVICE WASTAGE, RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS

IN RESPONSE TO PRESS ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE STATISTICS AND TRENDS IN RELATION TO CIVIL SERVICE WASTAGE, RETIREMENT AND PENSIONS, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN TODAY (WEDNESDAY) ISSUED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:

(A) CIVIL SERVICE WASTAGE RATE

YEAR

X WASTAGE

1988/89

5.9%

1989/90

5.8%

1990/91

5.2%

1991/92

4.8%

4.8%)

(1992/93 ESTIMATE

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE WASTAGE INCLUDED ALL OFFICERS LEAVING THE CIVIL SERVICE FOR WHATEVER REASON, BUT EXCLUDED THOSE LEAVING JOIN THE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL.

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"THE WASTAGE SO FAR IN 1992/93 IS ABOUT THE SAME AS IN 1991/92 (4.8 PER CENT), WHICH WAS A HISTORICALLY LOW FIGURE,

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'ABOUT ONE QUARTER (26 PER CENT) OF THE LEAVERS HAD LESS THAN TWO YEARS SERVICE WITH THE GOVERNMENT WHICH IS CALLED 'INDUCTION WASTAGE' AND IS NORMAL IN EVERY LARGE ORGANISATION.

**THE WASTAGE AT THE DIRECTORATE AND SENIOR PROFESSIONALS LEVELS REMAINS LOW.

"THE MAJORITY OF THE LEAVERS ARE FROM THE LOWER AND MIDDLE LEVELS OF THE CIVIL SERVICE,' HE ADDED.

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(B) RETIREMENT