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CIVIL SERVICE BRANCH GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT

LOWER ALBERT ROAD

HONG KONG

9 May 1988

24/5 Mr Forman N2415

their exchanges wih he chinese.

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Let's discus

Chinese Interest in Hong Kong Civil Service

Following Dick Clift's letter of 2 February and Alyson Bailes' teleletter No. 016/1 of 11 February, both to Chris Hum, the subject of how best to channel information

the

civil service Chinese has been considered further here.

on

Hong

Kong

to

the

Briefly,

we

conscious are

that

there

are

levels of Chinese interest in the civil service: one is in the context of Chinese study of civil service systems generally in preparation for building up their

other is

interest localised more a own system; in greater familiarity with the Hong Kong civil service system. It has been agreed that Chinese approaches

issues general

concerning civil service

on

the

systems should be handled through HKD, with input from Hong

and when Government Kong

necessary.

"local"

will approaches, responses here in the Civil Service Branch.

as

be

As

regards co-ordinated

We have

prepared

brief a

covering

the

organization and functions of the Civil Service Branch as well as the broad principles governing recruitment, appointments, training, promotion and staff management. Two copies are enclosed. Two copies of each of

following publications are also enclosed :

(a)booklets on

job

the civil service;

(b) sample copies of and Conditions

GF 306, GF 341);

of

in

opportunities

the Memorandum Service (GF 301,

the

Mr Alan Paul,

Hong Kong Department,

Foreign & Commonwealth Office,

Whitehall,

London SW1.

CONFIDENTIAL