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Civil Service Regulation

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Colonial Regulation

Number/HK Ordinance & Brief

Description of Provision

CR 19

The selection of a candidate for any appointment to any office or grade prescribed by the Secretary of State in respect of any particular territory, shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of State. When a vacancy occurs in such a post the Governor shall report it to the Secretary of State. The Governor may recommend a candidate to fill the vacancy, but it shall be clearly

understood that the Secretary of State may select another candidate.

CR 20

If the Governor is of the opinion that there is no suitable local candidate for any vacant office the initial basic salary of which is less than the figure prescribed by the Secretary of State or that it is in the public interest that persons other than local candidates should be considered for such vacancy, he may either request the Secretary of State to select a candidate or instruct the Crown Agents for Overseas Governments and Administrations to recruit a

suitable person.

-CR 22

The appointment to a public office of a person who has been connected with the Governor as a private secretary, aide-de- camp, or otherwise, is open to objection and must not be made without previous reference to the Secretary of State.

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