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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1980
EMPHASIS ON CAREER DEVELOPMENT IN CIVIL SERVICE
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INCREASING EMPHASIS IS BEING PLACED ON CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND THE PROVISION OF MORE MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRAINING COURSES FOR CIVIL SERVANTS, THE SECRETARY FOR CIVIL SERVICE, THE HON MARTIN ROWLANDS SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON S.L. CHEN IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR ROWLANDS SAID: +OUR AIM IS TO EXTEND AND IMPROVE OUR TRAINING ARRANGEMENTS BUT IN CLOSE RELATION TO OUR TRAINING NEEDS.+
HE SAID SUPERVISORY MANAGEMENT TRAINING PACKAGES FOR GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS WERE ABOUT TO BE INTRODUCED AND THERE WAS ALSO A MOVE TOWARDS JOB-RELATED LANGUAGE COURSES TO HELP IMPROVE WORK EFFICIENCY IN DEPARTMENTS.
+MORE TRAINING CADRES AND TRAINING OFFICER POSTS ARE BEING CREATED EACH YEAR, HE ADDED,
MR ROWLANDS SAID THERE WERE IN ALL 35 GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS WITH THE IR OWN TRAINING FACILITIES AND THE CIVIL SERVICE, AS A WHOLE, NOW HAD 40 SEPARATE TRAINING CENTRES OR SCHOOLS EMPLOYING ALTOGETHER 870 TEACHING AND ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF. THE TOTAL TEACHING ACCOMMODATION NOW STANDS AT 226 CLASSROOMS.
HE POINTED OUT THAT ABOUT 32 000 CIVIL SERVANTS WERE NOW RECEIVING SOME FORMAL TRAINING EACH YEAR ON BASIC OR INDUCTION COURSES AND ON TECHNICAL, PROFESSIONAL AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT COURSES.
+THE CIVIL SERVICE BRANCH'S OWN TRAINING DIVISION PROVIDES CENTRAL SUPPORT SERVICES SUCH AS MANAGEMENT AND LANGUAGE TRAINING AND ADVICE ON TRAINING PROGRAMMES.
+ IT ALSO ADMINISTERS ALL EXTERNAL TRAINING, WHETHER IN LOCAL EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS OR OVERSEAS,+ MR ROWLANDS SAID.
THIS YEAR ABOUT 3 000 CIVIL SERVANTS ARE RECEIVING SUCH TRAINING LOCALLY AND OVER 300 IN OVERSEAS, EITHER AS PART OF THE IR CAREER DEVELOPMENT OR TO OBTAIN SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE OR PROFESSIONAL QUAL IF ICATIONS NOT AVAILABLE IN HONG KONG, MR ROWLANDS ADDED.
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