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MONDAY, JUNE 13, 1994

LOCALISATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE

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IN

BRANCH THE CIVIL BRIEFED ON

RESPONSE TO PRESS ENQUIRIES, A CIVIL SERVICE SPOKESMAN TODAY (MONDAY) CONFIRMED THAT THE SECRETARY FOR SERVICE, MR

HAVE MICHAEL SZE, AND HIS COLLEAGUES

RECENTLY

OFFICERS ADMINISTRATIVE

(AOS) ON OVERSEAS TERMS OF SERVICE, MEASURES TO ENHANCE THE LOCALISATION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE.

THE

GOVERNOR,

THE RT

COUNCIL

HON

OF

POINTED OUT SPOKESMAN

THAT THE CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, IN HIS POLICY ADDRESS TO THE LEGISLATIVE

OCTOBER 1993 SAID IT WAS HIS INTENTION TO HAVE IN PLACE A TEAM SENIOR OFFICERS WHO COULD MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE BASIC GOOD TIME BEFORE 1997.

IN

LAW IN

DEVELOP LEVELS SENIOR

"WE HAVE ALSO SAID PUBLICLY THAT WE WILL TAKE STEPS TO A POOL OF POTENTIALLY QUALIFIED LOCAL OFFICERS AT IMMEDIATELY

THE ONWARDS AND UPWARDS TO BELOW

FILL

MOST WHO COULD GOVERNMENT POSTS BOTH NOW AND IN THE FUTURE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

THE

SPOKESMAN

11

OF

IN THAT

LOCALISATION,

THE

PAST,

THE

GENERALLY

ALSO POINTED OUT

INTEREST THE DIRECTED OVERSEAS AOS TO RETIRE AT AGE 57.

ADMINISTRATION HAD, IN

ΤΟ

FILL

SUCH

IT

OF

FUTURE

"TO MEET THE COMMITMENT GIVEN BY THE GOVERNOR POSTS WITH POTENTIALLY QUALIFIED LOCAL OFFICERS WELL BEFORE 1997, WILL BE NECESSARY IN FUTURE TO ENHANCE THIS BY DIRECTING A NUMBER YOUNGER OVERSEAS OFFICERS PRESENTLY OCCUPYING POSTS 'PRINCIPAL OFFICIAL' LEVEL TO RETIRE.

THE AT

A

NUMBER OF LEVEL FOR

SECRETARY

"INDEED IT WILL ALSO BE NECESSARY TO SUPERSEDE OVERSEAS AOS AT IMMEDIATE RANKS BELOW POLICY PROMOTION, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

TRANSCRIPT OF CS' MEDIA SESSION

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THE FOLLOWING IS THE TRANSCRIPT OF THE MEDIA SESSION BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY, MRS ANSON CHAN, AFTER OFFICIATING AT THE PRIZE PRESENTATION OF THE SAI KUNG DRAGON BOAT RACE THIS (MONDAY) AFTERNOON :-

CS: I AM VERY GLAD THAT MR GOODLAD IS VISITING CHINA. OF COURSE, HONG BE KONG WILL NOT BE THE MAIN FOCUS OF MR GOODLAD'S VISIT BUT IT WILL QUITE NATURAL FOR HONG KONG ISSUES TO BE DISCUSSED DURING MR GOODLAD'S VISIT. THE DETAILS OF THE PROGRAMME WILL BE ANNOUNCED AS SOON POSSIBLE AND I AM SURE MR GOODLAD IS LOOKING FORWARD GREATLY TO THIS VISIT.

QUESTION: DO YOU HAVE ANY EXPECTATION OF HIS TRIP?

AS

CS: I AM SURE THAT THEY WILL BE DISCUSSING A RANGE OF BILATERAL ISSUES OF MUTUAL CONCERN. AS I SAID, HONG KONG WILL COME UP AND I AM SURE MR GOODLAD IS LOOKING FORWARD TO HIS DISCUSSIONS WITH VARIOUS CHINESE LEADERS. THANK YOU.

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