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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1978
RECRUITMENT OF MINOR CIVIL SERVANTS CENTRALISED
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THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT RECRUITMENT OF MINOR STAFF INTO THE CIVIL SERVICE IS NOW CENTRALISED - WITH ALL APPLICATIONS FOR JOBS UNDER MODEL ONE PAY SCALE TO BE PROCESSED BY THE LOCAL EMPLOYMENT SERVICE OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT OR THE JOB PLACEMENT UNIT OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT IN CASE OF DISABLED APPLICANTS.
POSTS REMUNERATED UNDER THE MODEL ONE PAY SCALE (WITH MONTHLY SALARY BETWEEN $990 AND $1,490) INCLUDE DRIVER, LABOURER, AMAH, CARETAKER, GANGER, LIFT OPERATOR, WATCHMAN, COOK, ARTISAN AND ATTENDANT.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT SAID, APPLICANTS FOR THESE POSTS SHOULD REGISTER WITH THE NEAREST LOCAL EMPLOYMENT SERVICE BRANCH OFFICE OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, OR THE JOB PLACEMENT UNIT OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, IN CASE OF A DISABLED PERSON.+
+APPLICANTS SHOULD BRING ALONG THEIR HONG KONG IDENTITY CARD AND A RECENT PHOTOGRAPH WHEN CALLING AT THESE OFFICES,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
A FULL LIST OF POSTS AVAILABLE CAN ALSO BE OBTAINED FROM VARIOUS BRANCH OFFICES OF THE LOCAL EMPLOYMENT SERVICE.
+ALL SERVICES PROVIDED ARE FREE OF CHARGE, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
FOLLOW-UP TO ECONOMIC MISSION TO JAPAN
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SIR YUET-KEUNG KAN LEFT FOR TOKYO TODAY (WEDNESDAY) ON A FOLLOW-UP TO THE HIGH-LEVEL ECONOMIC MISSION HE LED TO JAPAN IN NOVEMBER.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS VISIT IS TO HOLD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE FEDERATION OF ECONOMIC ORGANISATIONS, THE KEIDANREN, AND THE JAPAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY ON THE FORMATION OF THE JAPAN-HONG KONG ECONOMIC COMMITTEE,
THE AIMS OF OUR MISSION WILL ONLY BE ACHIEVED IF THERE IS ACTIVE AND CONTINUING FOLLOW-UP,+ SIR YUET-KEUNG SAID.
+THAT IS WHY I AM TAKING THIS EARLY OPPORTUNITY TO PURSUE THE SUGGESTION MADE TO US BY FOREIGN MINISTER SONODA THAT A JOINT BODY SHOULD BE FORMED IN TOKYO AND HONG KONG TO FURTHER THESE AIMS+.
SIR YUET-KEUNG IS ACCOMPANIED BY MR. BILL DORWARD, COMMISSIONER OF INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS, AND MR. PAULUS CHAN, INDUSTRIAL PROMOTION PROJECT OFFICER.
THEY WILL BE JOINED IN JAPAN BY MR. DAVID DE BORMAN OF THE HONG KONG TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL'S TOKYO OFFICE.
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