TNAG-0996-FCO40-1219-Inspection-of-Hong-Kong-and-General-Department--February-198-1981 — Page 29

ADMINISTRATION IN CONFIDENCE

A.

SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS

Recommendations on Organisation, Manpower and Policy Issues

No

Recommendation

Para No

Responsible Department

PART I

Al

The Head of HKGD should continue to visit Hong Kong twice and his

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HKGD, PSD

Assistant once a year.

A2

The staffing work of the General Section should be transferred to the personnel departments if a reshuffle

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HKGD, POD, PPD, PSD

of Asian departments provides a suitable opportunity.

A3

The DS7E post in the Hong Kong Section should be regraded DS7A/SRO.

16 and Pt II, 32

PPD, POD

A4

The DS7A/8 post in the Hong Kong Section should be regraded DS9.

17 and

PPD, POD

Pt II, 33

A5

17

PPD

The former DS5 in the General Section should continue to be employed on a part-time fee-paid basis for at least a further year.

AG

The third $2/3 secretarial post should be regraded 55 and shared with FED, ie half a secretarial post should be cut.

18 and Pt II, 47 and 48

PPD, POD

PART II

A7

The Head of the Hong Kong Section should continue to be an officer seconded by the Hong Kong Government Service.

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HKGD, POD

A8

Miss Maxwell, DS9 in the General Section, should be given a more solid and varied share of the staffing work.

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HKGD

PART III

A9

Recommended ideal establishment.

PPD

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