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in Hong Kong alone is not such a recruitment attraction as it used

Furthermore even long established Hong Kong expatriate

to be.

Civil Servants might welcome opportunities for service elsewhere.

8. The provision of seconded officers from the Home Civil Service and the Diplomatic Service in greater numbers than at present will be an important element in future expatriate staffing. There are

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limits to the extent to which we can draw on the Diplomatic Service

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to be scandal in particular. But the first step is to get a clearer idea of late in 1972 and

furth at 2 in 1973. Initially the Hong Kong's estimated needs. An Interdepartmental Working Party expected to provide on / Assistent scoictory late

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1972 and

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in Whitehall is studying this and other aspects of the general in 1973

staffing problem.

THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE

9. The Royal Hong Kong Police Force's strength is, in round

16,000

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figures, about 4,000 with some 600 expatriates. A considerable

percentage of the senior posts in the Force are filled for security and other reasons by overseas officers who are recruited initially by the Crown Agents into the rank of Inspector with prospects of promotion to the gazetted rank. The proportion of expatriate Inspectors is

maintained at 45-50%.

the itrine. Servies

The rapid rise in salaries and allowances of the constable in the police force in the UK/has caused serious recruitment difficulties to Hong Kong. Any upward revision of the

salary scale for Inspectors in Hong Kong to keep in line with the

UK rates of pay would be costly, would distort the salary structure and give local Inspectors an unwarranted increase in pay. There

is strong opposition to the re-introduction of expatriate pay in addition to basic salary in Hong Kong but any "topping up" payable

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