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GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT

LOWER ALBERT ROAD

HONG KONG

*BMW OUR Ref (30) in AP 293/61/4-C(92)

**** Your Ref

Miss Bridget Paris,

Hong Kong Department,

Foreign and Commonwealth

5 November 1992

HKA

382/1

Dear Bridget,

HMOCS Police Officers:

Posts in Other Dependent Terzizories

Thank you

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for your letter of ¦ November and the confirmation that the Overseas Police Adviser will ensure that vacancies are circulated to RHKPF.

I take the point about recruitment taking place in UK,

but I wonder whether the same arrangements could be applied to our Police Officers as have been applied to our In other words the Hong HMOCS Administrative Officers?

would forward annual confidential reports Kong Government for the last 3 years together with a detailed assessment and recommendations. In the case of our Administrative Officers they will be considered by the FCO postings board and there is no need to attend any interview.

I am

not

sure

of the

detailed

mechanics of

Police selection, but we would be loathe to advise officers to go to UK at their own expense unless it was something like the final selection board interviews.

preliminary

system assessment around this difficulty.

could

be

Perhaps a

adopted

to

get

you

Mike

( M.J.C. Waters )

for Secretary for the Civil Service

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