GOVERNMENT OFFICERS ON C.D. & W. SCHOLARSHIPS

Thursday, 18th August, 1955

Mr Lee Choon Eng asked the Chief Secretary -

(a) how many candidates in Government Service have been sent for training under the Colonial Development and Welfare Fund Scholarship scheme since its inception until to-day;

(b) in what grades and divisions were the candidates prior to being selected for the scholarship;

(c) in what grades and divisions have they been placed after their return from the scholarship; and

(d) whether there has been any case where the Government has not found it possible to place a returned candidate in a post in which his qualifications, acquired as a result of the scholarship, would have rendered him suitable.

Mr W. A. C. Goode: (a) 20. (b) Division I - 2 Division II - 4 Division III - 8 Temporary officers - 2 Pre-selection training - 4. (c) Of the 8 Division III officers, 4 were promoted to Division I; 1 was promoted to Division II; 1 failed; and 2 have not yet returned. The 4 Division II officers were promoted to Division I. Both the 2 Division I officers were called to the Bar. Of the 2 Temporary officers, 1 was appointed to Division I and the other to Division II. Of the 4 pre-selection candidates, 1 was appointed on probation to Division I but relinquished his post and was transferred to Division II; and 3 were appointed to Division II. (d) None.