SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1975.
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS
RETURN FROM OXFORD COURSE ******
FIFTEEN LOCAL ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS HAVE COMPLETED A COURSE AT OXFORD UNIVERSITY IN BRITAIN.
THE GROUP COMPRISING 12 MEN AND THREE GIRLS - ALL IN THEIR TWENTIES ARE NOW ON THEIR WAY BACK TO HONG KONG.
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THEY ARE THE FIRST BATCH OF LOCAL ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS SENT BY THE GOVERNMENT TO THIS NINE-MONTH. ADMINISTRATIVE DEVELOPMENT COURSE WHICH WAS SPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR HONG KONG.
ON THEIR RETURN, THEY WILL BE POSTED TO VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS WHERE THEY CAN PUT WHAT THEY LEARNT INTO PRACTICAL USE.
IN THIS INTENSIVE TRAINING PROGRAMME WHICH IS AIMED AT BROADENING THEIR OUTLOOK AS ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS, THE GROUP ATTENDED SEMINARS ON COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS URBAN SOCIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT STUDIES.
IN ADDITION THEY ALSO PICKED A SPECIAL FIELD OF STUDIES WHERE THEY COULD GO DEEPER INTO A SUBJECT OF THEIR INTEREST UNDER AN INDIVIDUAL TUTORIAL SYSTEM.
THEIR CHOSEN FIELDS OF STUDIES RANGED FROM ECONOMICS AND TRANSPORT TO ADMINISTRATION AND SOCIAL SERVICES.
IN BETWEEN THE CLASSES, SHORT COURSES AND VISITS WERE ARRANGED DURING UNIVERSITY VACATIONS.
THE GROUP HAD VISITED THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE AND THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE IN LONDON.
THEY ALSO GAINED AN INSIGHT INTO THE WORKING OF PARLIAMENT.
THE GROUP WAS SHOWN ROUND THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT BY SIR PAUL BRYAN, A MP, AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ANGLO-HONG KONG PARLIAMENTARY GROUP AN ALL-PARTY ASSOCIATION MADE UP OF MPS AND
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PEERS WITH SPECIAL INTEREST IN HONG KONG AFFAIRS.
THE GROUP ALSO HAD A BRIEF EDUCATIONAL VISIT TO EUROPE WHILE THEY WERE IN BRUSSELS, THE YOUNG ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS TALKED WITH OFFICIALS FROM THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY.
IN GENEVA, THEY WERE BRIEFED BY OFFICIALS FROM GATT (GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE), UNCTAD (UNITED NATIONS CONGRESS OF TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT), AND ILO (INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION).
ANOTHER GROUP OF 14 ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS AND AN EDUCATION OFFICER IS EXPECTED TO FLY TO LONDON IN LATE SEPTEMBER TO ATTEND THE SAME COURSE.
THEY WILL UNDERTAKE BROADLY THE SAME PROGRAMME WITH GREATER EMPHASIS ON TUTORIALS IN A SUBJECT OF THEIR OWN CHOOSING.
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