Sessional Paper No. 99 of 1955 on the Report on Manpower Policy in the Emergency

Abstract

In November 1954, the Minister for Defense stated in Legislative Council, in the course of the debate on Manpower Policy, that a committee of Ministers was then examining the matter. The intention of this paper is to inform the Legislature of the decisions which the Government has made as a result of that review. The main objects of the inquiry were to assess the manpower required fully to meet the demands of the Emergency, distinguishing between demands which could be met from recruitment from overseas and demands on local manpower; to consider the policy which should be followed to meet those demands, bearing in mind both the necessity of ending the Emergency as soon as possible and the long-term economic interests of the Colony; and to examine the machinery and procedure for the call-up and posting to duty of local manpower, with a view to considering whether any changes were necessary…