V.
19
General Points affecting Recruitment
in which
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On a number of occasions during the week I was concerned with
the Education Department and the institutions coming under it, I
had discussions with Mr. Kingwell on recruitment and the background
to recruitment. The following were the main points not mentioned
above:
(1) There are no prospects of introducting a procedure whereby
TETOC can recruit without the risk of its recommended
candidates being displaced by locally recruited candidates
because, as in other territories, the latter have priority.
In Hong Kong the possibilities of local recruitment are both
greater and harder to foresee. Every effort will however be
made to place superceded recommendations in other
opportunities and two cases in pointarose during my visit.
(2) There is equally little prospect, in principle, of eliminating
the confusing suspension and reactivation of posts. The
extent to which this occurred during the formation of the
Technical Teachers College was however exceptional.
Mr. Kingwell regards the flexibility and co-operativeness
with which TETOC copes with this sort of thing as one of cur
strong points, but he was impressed with the extent to
which our
our supporting staff are frustrated by it. Quite
independently he frequently commented on the promptness and
efficiency with which TETOC reacted both to requests for
action and the changes made regarding vacancies.
(3) With a view to keeping TETOC informed of the state of play,
he agreed that if we send him our Monthly Progress Report
as a routine he will return it with amendments. I explahojd
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