TNAG-2094-FCO40-2980-Hong-Kong-Civil-Service-1990 — Page 48

CONFIDENTIAL STAFF IN CONFIDENCE

CONFIDENTIAL

STAFF IN CONFIDENCE

FM FCO

TO TELELETTER HONG KONG

TELELETTER

OF 20172OZ MARCH 90

23

104737 MDTTAN 6020

Бле

Pn

HKB 431 3

RECEIVED is

1G AN 1990

FROM: HOLROYD, HONG KONG DEPT, FCO

FOR

DESK

INDEX

YUEN WAI-KEUNG, CIVIL SERVICE BRANCH

(32)

VACANCY FOR DIRECTOR OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

1 YOUR LETTER OF 16 MARCH 1990 REF 38 IN PP 67/1 C(89)

REFERS.

2.

GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD SUPPLY SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON

MS ALICE TAI WHICH WOULD BE RELEVANT TO THE RECOMMENDATION. WE

ARE AWARE THAT MS TAI HAS RECENTLY BEEN PROMOTED TO THE D3 LEVEL BUT DO NOT HAVE OTHER RELEVANT DETAILS ABOUT HER, FOR EXAMPLE, OF HER QUOTE LEGAL TRAINING UNQUOTE.

3. THIS IS CLEARLY AN IMPORTANT NEW POST RANKED AT D5/DJL5.

GRATEFUL FOR CONFIRMATION THAT ITS EXISTENCE WAS WIDELY

CIRCULATED AMONGST POTENTIAL CANDIDATES IN HONG KONG.

FOR ADVICE AS TO HOW MANY APPLIED

GRATEFUL

4. IF CONFIRMED INTO THE POST AFTER ONE YEARS TRIAL, WOULD MS TAI HAVE TO RESIGN FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE QUERY

SIGNED F HOLROYD

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