THE COLONIAL SERVICE
■ COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION ABOLISHED (British Official Wireless.) Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. RUGBY, January 25. The Colonial Office announces that it has been decided to discontinue the competitive examination, hitherto held annually, for cadetships in Malaya and Hongkong, and to assimilate the method of appointment to that already in force for the colonial service. Generally, the decision marks a stage towardes a unified colonial service envisaged by the Warren Fisher Committee’s report of two years ago, and the final abandonment, where it still exists, of the system of competitive examination in favour of the personal selection of candidates by men familiar with the special needs of the service. No decision has been reached as to the future method of recruitment for the Ceylon Civil Service, from which the recruitment of European officers is at present supplemented.
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Evening Star, Issue 21011, 27 January 1932, Page 7
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136THE COLONIAL SERVICE Evening Star, Issue 21011, 27 January 1932, Page 7
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