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Background
Policy
recommended
candidates. Service
The 1947 Salaries Commission first that qualified candidates whose roots are in Hong Kong should be given preference on appointment over other
in Since its establishment
1950, the Public has been Commission
tasked to
advise on the implementation of this localisation policy. An overseas officer is defined as a person who is not habitually resident in Hong Kong and whose general background and social ties are not in Hong Kong. Generally anyone who does not meet these criteria will be offered local appointment terms. Since 1985, overseas officers have been recruited only on agreement terms (ie. for contracts of 2.5 or 3 years duration). The contract of an overseas officer is not renewed if there is a qualified local officer ready to take his place.
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Present Position The localisation policy has been broadly successful, but the rate of progress has accelerated only gradually with the expansion of tertiary education, the widening of opportunities for obtaining professional qualifications locally, and the achievements of the Government's overseas training schemes. In 1952 the percentage of overseas officers in the civil service was about 4.4%. As at October 1991, there were 2,308 overseas officers in the civil service. total strength.
The breakdown latest date was :
They made up only 1.2% of by rank groupings at this
No. of overseas officers and their % of total in group
Directorate
Senior management/
professional
502 (37.1%)
701 (23.3%)
(MPS
45-49)
(PPS
49-54)
(GDS (0) 33-38)
Others
1,105 (0.6%)
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