PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TECHNICIANS (Number of, and reasons for, resignations)

Mr S. V. Lingam asked the Minister for Law and National Development the number of technicians of the Public Works Department who resigned from the service between 1st January, 1965, and 1st December, 1967, and the reasons for their resignations.

Mr Barker: Mr Speaker, Sir, between 1st January, 1965, and 1st December, 1967, 46 technicians of the Public Works Department resigned. An officer resigning from the public service need not give any reasons. In most of these 46 cases, reasons for their resignations were not given. However, the majority of the 46 were recruited on a temporary basis and the main reason for their leaving the service may have been to obtain permanent employment elsewhere. A few resigned for more lucrative jobs outside the public service.