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the Policy Secretaries
and
some others will be filled by
Chinese nationals who have no foreign right of abode. It is
intention to have a qualified team in place in good time
my
before the change in sovereignty.
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years now.
Localisation has bean our policy for a great many
We have always preferred the gradual approach.
Over the last decade the proportion of overseas officers in
directorate ranka in the Civil Service
whole has
declined from 55% to 35%. Although I accept that some
people think that the process
has been too gradual, on
balance I am inclined to think that, given Hong Kong's
unique situation, this approach has been the correct one.
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The
trend
towards
localisation
therefore
continues.
even.
But of course progress is never completely
There are always areas which are ahead of the trend
and those which are lagging behind, for whatever good
reasons. From time to time we have to take special measures
to deal with particular situations, and there are two such
that I want to mention today.
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The Legal Department
is one of the most important
Government Departments. It is of course one of those which
must be headed by a qualified local person in 1997. Despite
efforts to date, localisation has been slower than
our best
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