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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1994

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OVERSEAS STATES.

EASON SAID BOTH RECOVERY RATES COMPARED FAVOURABLY WITH COUNTRIES SUCH AS THE UNITED KINGDOM, CANADA AND THE UNITED

THE AVERAGE COST OF DISPOSAL FOR GLASS AND METALS IS ABOUT PER TONNE AND ABOUT 146,000 TONNES OF SUCH WASTES WERE DISPOSED OF 1992.

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THE EFFECTIVENESS AND APPROPRIATENESS OF ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS, LEGISLATION AND VOLUNTARY ARRANGEMENTS FOR ENCOURAGING AND ENHANCING WASTE RECYCLING WILL BE EXAMINED IN THE WASTE REDUCTION STUDY, WHICH COMMENCED IN FEBRUARY THIS YEAR.

ASSESSMENT OF CIVIL SERVANTS' CHINESE STANDARD

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INSTANCES OF CIVIL SERVANTS HAVING THEIR STANDARD OF CHINESE LANGUAGE ASSESSED BY EXPATRIATE SUPERVISORS WHO DO NOT KNOW CHINESE ARE RARE, THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE, MR STUART HARBINSON, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY),

IN HIS WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON NGAI SHIU-KIT, MR HARBINSON SAID EVEN IN THESE RARE CASES, THE APPRAISING OFFICER WOULD NORMALLY CONSULT COLLEAGUES WHO KNEW CHINESE AND WHO HAD WORK CONTACT WITH THE APPRAISEE.

HE SAID BROAD INDICATORS ON ASSESSMENT OF LANGUAGE ABILITY WERE IN FACT INCLUDED IN STAFF APPRAISAL REPORTS FOR THE GUIDANCE OF APPRAISING OFFICERS.

THE CIVIL SERVICE BRANCH, HOWEVER, HAS NOT SUPPLIED DEPARTMENTS WITH GRADE-SPECIFIC STANDARDS FOR ASSESSING CHINESE LANGUAGE.

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IS BECAUSE DEPARTMENTS AND THE RELEVANT AGENCIES ARE IN THE BEST POSITION TO SET THE ASSESSMENT CRITERIA IN ACCORDANCE WITH JOB REQUIREMENTS, MR HARBINSON SAID.

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HE ADDED THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH USUAL CIVIL SERVICE PRACTICE, THE APPRAISAL REPORT WAS COUNTERSIGNED BY ANOTHER SENIOR OFFICER AND REVIEWED BY A MORE SENIOR OFFICER DESIGNATED BY THE HEAD OF DEPARTMENT OR HEAD OF GRADE CONCERNED.

"THIS PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR FURTHER VIEWS ON THE APPRAISEE'S PERFORMANCE," HE SAID.

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