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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1993

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CREATES "THIS IS A VERY UNDESIRABLE STATE OF AFFAIRS AS IT

THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED. POLICY VACUUM FOR THE DURATION OF THE BILLS,

DEPARTMENTS AND THE "IT ALSO CREATES UNCERTAINTY FOR BOTH

BEYOND INDIVIDUAL OFFICERS CONCERNED AS, NOT KNOWING WHAT WILL HAPPEN

ACTIVITIES APRIL 20, 1994, NEITHER OF THEM WILL BE ABLE TO PLAN THEIR

IS ALSO PROPERLY, HE SAID, ADDING THAT THIS CLIMATE OF UNCERTAINTY UNSATISFACTORY FOR LOCAL STAFF.

ON

LEFT TO

THE BILL ALSO SETS AN UNDESIRABLE PRecedent BY LEGISLATING CIVIL SERVICE APPOINTMENTS POLICY, WHICH SHOULD PROPERLY BE THE GOVERNMENT.

THE

SPOKESMAN

POINTED

OUT THAT

CIVIL

SERVICE

POLICY WAS A PARTICULARLY SENSITIVE AREA.

APPOINTMENTS

WILL

BE

"THERE IS A DANGER THAT THE MANAGEMENT'S FLEXIBILITY ERODED AND THAT IN THE LONG RUN CIVIL SERVICE APPOINTMENTS WILL BECOME POLITICISED," HE SAID.

THE SPOKESMAN ALSO EMPHASISED THAT THE BILL WAS UNNECESSARY.

"WE ARRANGEMENTS,

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ALREADY HE SAID.

CONSULTING

WIDELY ON THE LONG-TERM

THE INTERIM ARRANGEMENTS DO NOT COMMIT ANYONE FOR THE LONG TERM ARRANGEMENTS BUT SIMPLY ALLOW A REALISTIC TIMEFRAME FOR THE LONG-TERM TO BE DISCUSSED AND AGREED, HE SAID.

COMPLETELY DUCKS THE LONG-TERM THE BILL ON THE OTHER HAND ISSUES AND SIMPLY TRIES TO TURN THE CLOCK BACK FOR A LIMITED PERIOD OF TIME. IT DOES NOT ADDRESS THE REAL PROBLEM AT ALL, HE SAID.

THE

SPOKESMAN SAID THAT, FOLLOWING ENACTMENT OF THE BILL,

FROM PERMANENT GOVERNMENT WOULD

APPLICATIONS TO PROCESS CONTINUE RESIDENTS FOR TRANSFER TO LOCAL CONDITIONS.

LOCAL CONDITIONS ΤΟ

BUT INSTEAD OF OFFERING A CONTRACT ON POTENTIALLY SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS, EXTENSIONS ON OVERSEAS CONDITIONS WOULD BE GRANTED INSTEAD, UNTIL THE BILL LAPSES.

EXTENDED, THESE

SHOULD THE PERIOD OF VALIDITY OF THE BILL BE OVERSEAS CONTRACTS WOULD ALSO BE CORRESPONDINGLY EXTENDED.

THE GOVERNMENT WOULD ALSO GIVE REASONABLE NOTICE TO THOSE WHOSE ΤΟ APPLICATIONS FOR TRANSFER FAILED, SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE SOME TIME ADAPT TO THE FACT THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE OFFERED FURTHER EMPLOYMENT.

THIS COULD ALSO INVOLVE SHORT EXTENSIONS OF CURRENT CONTRACTS.

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