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proph Hong Kong

what do

them words

refer to

inhabitants?

establish close links between the three levels. Urban Councillors

sit on the urban district Boards; regional District Board members will sit in the Regional Council; members of District Boards and of

the two second level Councils sit in the Legislative Council

together with representatives of all the major functional organisations and sectors of Hong Kong society. The system as a whole is thus representative and closely knit; it is supplemented by a network of over 400 advisory bodies; it has evolved as a result of a continuing consultative process between the Hong Kong Government and the Hong Kong community.

25.

Looking ahead to developments in representative government

over the next 12 months the public will be consulted on

recommendations stemming from a review carried ou t in 1985 of

systems providing for redress of grievances. One possibility which

expected to be publicly examined i s the establishment of an

institution to enquire, on an independent basis, into complaints alleging maladministration by Government Departments.

is

(e) Civil Service

26.

Within the civil service the proportion of local officers

holding directorate posts reached 50% with an increasing number of local officers taking up senior positions. The Hong Kong Government announced that by continuing with their localisation policy they

were confident of

of filling top posts with local people, in terms of which is the Joint Declaration, by 1997. As regards the Police Force, the V the JD Hong Kong Government accepted that localisation of the senior ranks

are referred

had to be at a faster pace than hitherto achieved; a steering group

of senior government officials was charged with recommending to the

Governor how this objective was best to be attained without

jeopardising either the Force's efficiency or its morale. Initial consideration was given to the possibility of introducing a limited

compensation scheme on lines similar to scheme s introduced into

former British dependent territories at the time of constitutional

change, which among other things, would enable pensionable overseas officers who we re either required to retire, or superseded, for to make way for local officers, to be compensated for loss

An cold

word!

promotion

of career.

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