se
* So far the benevolence of the private sector does not extend to paying
for their employees to come
and work for us.
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Mr. Sohmen also highlighted the importance of closer
contact and better understanding between the Administration
and the private sector. I could not agree with him more.
The Administration has an on-going programme to second
to e local firms United Kingdom officers to
Service, International
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a
Civil
and
organisations and local firms to enable them
them to acquire
wider experience. The secondment of personnel from the
private sector to the Government is proving rather more
difficult, perhaps because our terms of
of service are not
quite as attractive
$
as employers in the private sector
1As an
sometimes like to make out.
alternative, the
Administration is inviting management personnel from the
private sector to participate in the three-month long Senior
Staff Courses organized for our senior professional and
directorate officers. Seven such courses have been
completed and over twenty managers from the private sector
have participated in the programme. I believe government
officers and their counterparts in the private sector are
benefitting from the opportunity this provides for them to
exchange ideas on a wide range of Hong Kong problems.
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Sir,
several
Members have referred to the
establishment of the Hospital Authority and the
reorganisation of the Housing Authority. Most have been in
favour of our proposals but some doubts and fears have been
expressed. In assessing the needs of the community and