Saturday, March 23, 1974
MORE HOLIDAY-CUM-STUDY TRIPS
For Local Officers
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More local officers will have an opportunity to go overseas
at the government's expense as a result of an expansion of the morit
trip scheme.
The number of awards for the 1974/75 financial year has been
more than doubled from 12 to 30, and this will be reviewed again in
the following year.
Under the scheme, which was first introduced in 1956, a number
of selected local officers are each year provided with passages to the
United Kingdom and allowances to enable them to spend their vacation
overseas and at the same time undertake some training relevant to their
work in Hong Kong.
A government spokesman explained that the trips are normally
based in Britain because it offers better and more appropriate training
facilities.
"It is also easier to organise, through the Hong Kong Government
Office in London, visits to places of educational, cultural and historical
interest and to arrange suitable short courses cr attachments,
" he added.
So far, a total of 123 local officers have benefited from the
trips which now last between 45 and 60 days.
Another advantage of the scheme, the spokesman noted, is that
it enables local officers to gain a deeper insight into different customs
and helps them to broaden their outlook on life.
With their