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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1974.
OVERSEAS TRAINING FOR NEW ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS
FIFTEEN YOUNG ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS RECRUITED BY THE GOVERNMENT LAST YEAR ARE TO SPEND THE NEXT NINE MONTHS AT OXFORD UNIVERSITY IN BRITAIN UNDERTAKING A COURSE ESPECIALLY DESIGNED TO FURTHER THEIR TRAINING.
THE OFFICERS, WHO ARE ALL IN THEIR TWENTIES, WILL BE LEAVING HONG KONG THIS EVENING COCTOBER 1).
THE COURSE WILL COVER SUCH SUBJECTS AS GOVERNMENT, ECONOMICS, INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION. IT WİLL INCLUDE VISITS BOTH WITHIN BRITAIN AND ON THE CONTINENT WHICH WILL CONCENTRATE ON DEVELOPING THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF TRADE AND
INDUSTRIAL AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY THAT IT WAS THE FIRST TIME SUCH A LARGE NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS HAVE BEEN SENT TO A COURSE ESPECIALLY DESIGNED TO PROVIDE THE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT TO +EQUIP THEM FOR THE IMPORTANT ADMINISTRATIVE POSTS WHICH THEY ARE LIKELY TO OCCUPY IN THE FUTURE.+
HE ADDED THAT THE SCHEME WAS AN EXTENSION OF THE ONE THAT HAD BEEN OPERATING FOR MANY YEARS WHEREBY LOCAL OFFICERS FROM MANY GRADES HAVE BEEN SENT ON OVERSEAS COURSES AND ATTACHMENTS TO VARIOUS ORGANISATIONS.
THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT THE OBJECT OF THE COURSE AT OXFORD WENT MUCH FURTHER THAN SIMPLY PROVIDING ACADEMIC TRAINING FOR THE YOUNG ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS.
+THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE IN A DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT SHOULD BROADEN THE OFFICER'S OUTLOOK AND INTERESTS, PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONAL AND INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT, AND ENABLE HIM TO GAIN A BETTER APPRECIATION OF HONG KONG IN ITS ECONOMIC AND
INTERNATIONAL SETTING.+