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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1980
DEPARTMENTAL CONSULTATIVE MACHINERY HAS BEEN SET UP IN MOST DEPARTMENTS TO PROVIDE A FORUM FOR STAFF TO VOICE THEIR VIEWS ON MATTERS RELATING TO THEIR WELFARE AND EMPLOYMENT.
+HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS AND THEIR SENIOR OFFICERS ARE, OF COURSE, ENCOURAGED TO TAKE A PERSONAL INTEREST IN STAFF MATTERS TO SHOW CONCERN FOR THEIR CAREERS AND WELFARE: TO ENSURE THAT STAFF VIEWS ARE KNOWN AND UNDERSTOOD AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL IN DEPARTMENTS, AND THAT AGREEMENT REACHED WITH STAFF ON THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE IR WELFARE ARE IMPLEMENTED EXPEDITIOUSLY.
+AT THE CENTRAL LEVEL, + SIR JACK ADDED, THE SENIOR CIVIL SERVICE COUNCIL PROVIDES A FORUM FOR DISCUSSION WITH STAFF ON MATTERS AFFECTING THE CIVIL SERVICE AS A WHOLE.*
*WITH THE HELP OF THE ADVICE GIVEN BY THESE BODIES, IT MUST BE OUR AIM TO ENSURE THAT PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT IS CONTINUOUSLY BEING IMPROVED AND NEW TECHNIQUES INTRODUCED, HE SAID.
INDUSTRIAL PROMOTION BEING INTENS IF IED
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DETAILS OF PLANS TO IMPROVE INDUSTRIAL PROMOTION IN HONG KONG WERE REVEALED TODAY BY THE DIRECTOR OF TRADE INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS, MR BILL DORWARD.
ADDRESSING A LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE FEDERATION OF HONG KONG INDUSTRIES, MR DORWARD SAID: IN HONG KONG IT IS NOT SO MUCH CAPITAL INVESTMENT AS TECHNOLOGY, TECHNICAL SKILLS AND PERHAPS MARKETING POTENTIAL THAT I FEEL WE SHOULD AIM FOR IN WHAT WE BROADLY REFER TO AS INDUSTRIAL PROMOTION. +
EXPLAINING HOW PLANS ARE DEVELOPING TO STEP UP GOVERNMENT ACTIVITY IN SUCH PROMOTION, MR DORWARD DISCLOSED THAT HOPEFULLY INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT PROMOTION OFFICES OF HIS DEPARTMENT WOULD BE ESTABLISHED OVERSEAS FAIRLY SOON.
THESE OFFICES WILL ASSIST IN IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL
INVESTORS AND MAINTAIN REGULAR PERSONAL CONTACT WITH THEM, REPORT ON DEVELOPMENTS BEARING ON PROMOTION EFFORTS, AND ASSIST WITH THE ORGANISATION OF OVERSEAS PROMOTION VISITS FROM HONG KONG AND ADVISE ON TIMING, ITINERARY AND TECHNIQUES OF PROMOTION.
THEY WILL ALSO ASSIST POTENTIAL INVESTORS IN THEIR PREPARATIONS FOR VISITS TO HONG KONG, AND ASSIST IN PUBLICISING HONG KONG AS A MANUFACTURING BASE, SAID MR DORWARD.
+PRESENT THINKING IS THAT SUCH OFFICES SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED
IN THE USA, EUROPE AND JAPAN,+ HE ADDED.
ONCE POTENTIAL INVESTORS HAVE BEEN ENCOURAGED TO VISIT KONG KONG, MR DORWARD POINTED OUT, IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT APPROPRIATE RECEPTION AND SERVICING ARRANGEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE.
/+THIS EFFORT