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REPLY BY THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE
TO A QUESTION BY PROF THE HON C K POON
IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON WEDNESDAY 29 JUNE 1988
3. PROF. POON asked:
Question
In view of the anticipated expansion of the Environmental Protection Department in the coming years, will Government inform this Council whether there is any long-term plan to provide training for graduates in environmental protection studies, either locally or overseas, to ensure that the planned anti-pollution projects will not be affected by staff shortages?
SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE:
Sir,
(EPD)
The Environmental Protection Department/ does
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not generally seek to recruit graduates with a first degree in environmental sciences. Rather, the Department
looks for staff with a good basic degree in a scientific
or engineering discipline, together with some relevant
experience in industry or consultancy.
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Staff with this sort of background are able
to contribute more effectively to the various
multi-disciplinary teams that make up the Department. So
far as training in specific environmental subjects is
concerned, the emphasis is placed on post-graduate
training.
Accordingly, the Department has been
collaborating with various tertiary educational
institutions in Hong Kong to develop courses in such
subjects as public health engineering, noise and
vibration, air pollution chemistry and control and
environmental policy and management.