DSR 11 (Kevised)
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Thank you
for your
letter of 13 December.
It was
good
to
see y ou
again.
I
hope
that
y ou
have
had
an
enjoyable Christmas break.
In your letter
mention Chinese concern you
"ban on overseas recruiting for the civil service".
i s
a
about a
This
there is no
such ban.
The Hong
little mysterious:
Kong Government continues to pursue a
pursue a localisation policy
that has existed since
the
1960s: in
other
Overseas
officers
recruited are
to
words,
fill posts for which
no suitable qualified local candidates can be found.
For
overseas
example, the Hong Kong Government appointed 47 officers during the last quarter of 1985 (and you will be interested to know that ten of these appointments were
to
fill legal
posts).
judiciary: as
you will
appointed
as Judge of
recently as September.
This
policy applies alsc
be aware, Mr JB Mortimer QC was
of Hong Kong as the High Court
to the
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