Putting Paid to Palmy Days at the Yacht Club
The Auditor General’s report questioned the procedures leading to the purchase of 34 membership-debentures in Hong Kong’s Aberdeen Marina Club. The memberships were purchased as part of the department’s Recreational Hardship Support Service, a program set up on the recommendation of the…
Win, Lose or Draw
“Here we go again,” I thought as tentacles of persecution wiggled their tips around in my mind. “Just once I wish they’d stick up for us.”
Professional Committee Report
The PAFSO Professional Committee’s 1984-1985 season closed with a flurry of events, including two evening seminars (on the future of the Foreign Service and on the Green Paper) and a long roster of major Breakfast Seminar speakers: four departmental deputy ministers; representatives…
