TNAG-2435-FCO40-3537-Hong-Kong-Her-Majesty-s-Overseas-Civil-Service-(HMOCS)-secur-1992 — Page 46

CONFIDENTIAL

MANAGEMENT IN CONFIDENCE

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b) that PPD extend their inward transfer scheme for Home Civil Service members of the FCO and other Government Departments to members of HMOCS.

c) Members of HMOCS be eligible for cross-postings on fresh contracts, on merit and on an equal basis with DS officers.

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Departments agree that applications from HMOCS officers for appointments in the DTS should be treated on their merits and on an equal basis with DS candidates. WIAD's and Ministers' wish to build up a DS cadre is not incompatible with equality of treatment. Outstanding HMOCS officers should also be able to compete on equal terms with members of the Home Civil Service for the small number of inward transfer slots available annually at grades DS9-DS5.

13. In practice the steps we have taken to give young DS officers experience in WIAD, SAAD and the DTS mean that DS officers should increasingly have more relevant experience than HMOCS officers and should prove stronger candidates in equal competition for DT posts. This would not be as a result of any special treatment in recruitment practice.

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