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Meanwhile the filling of the
remaining vacancies by one means or another remains an urgent necessity.
14.
This rather novel scheme for large- scale secondment of officers other than Executive Officers has produced men and women who are enthusiastic and are working well, and most of the officers concerned seem to want to stay permanently in the department. This would be in conflict with the new policy I have described above. There are opportunities for transfer to the Executive Grade and some of those concerned have applied for this in the current recruitment exercise. We hope to arrange for the secondment of permanent S.C.A. staff to other departments, though the necessity to build up our strength means that we cannot do so yet. Secondment is certainly useful but the real purpose behind the movement of staff into and out of the department can, in the present structure of the Civil Service, be achieved best by the use of Executive Officers for the liaison duties, and this is the principal source to which we must look.
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The permanent S.C.A. staff who have worked in the narrower traditions of a more passive intercourse with the kaifong and similar associations have proved good at this type of liaison work. The C.D.O. scheme does however envisage that the officers concerned should, in their contacts with the public, engage in a broader and more free exchange of views including a more positive advocacy of Government doctrines and a willingness to concern themselves with every aspect of policy and administration. It has not proved easy to start to develop this more dynamic approach.
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