WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1982
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CIVIL SERVANTS EXPECTED TO CARE FOR INTEREST OF PUBLIC
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THE SECRETARY FOR SOCIAL SERVICES, MR ERIC HO, TODAY ADVISED THOSE JOB-SEEKERS WHO ARE ONLY INTERESTED IN PERSONAL ADVANCEMENT NOT TO THINK OF JOINING THE CIVIL SERVICE.
+WE EXPECT OUR CIVIL SERVANTS TO CARE FOR THE COMMUNITY THEY SERVE, TO BE DEVOTED TO THE PROMOTION OF THE INTERESTS AND WELFARE OF HONG KONG AND ITS PEOPLE, HE SAID.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THIS YEAR'S CIVIL SERVICE CAREERS EXHIBITION AT THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY, MR HO SAID ALL JOBS FOR GRADUATES IN THE CIVIL SERVICE PROVIDED CHALLENGE IN THEIR DIFFERENT WAYS AND OFFERED THE SATISFACTION OF SERVING OUR COMMUNITY IN HONG KONG.
THERE IS A VARIETY OF JOB OPPORTUNITIES, RANGING FROM THE GENERALIST STREAMS OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE AND EXECUTIVE GRADE, TO SPECIALIST FIELDS SUCH AS ARCHITECTURE, EDUCATION, ENGINEERING, LAW, MEDICINE AND SOCIAL WELFARE.
+EACH FIELD OFFERS A CHALLENGING AND SATISFYING CAREER WITH GOOD PROSPECTS OF ADVANCEMENT TO THE MOST SENIOR RANKS
IN THE CIVIL SERVICE,+ MR HO SAID.
HE RECALLED THAT THE UNIVERSITY'S APPOINTMENTS SERVICE, WHICH ORGANISED THE EXHIBITION WITH THE CIVIL SERVICE BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, WAS UNHEARD OF IN HIS UNDERGRADUATE DAYS IN THE UNIVERSITY.
WITH ITS ESTABLISHMENT IN 1963, OPPORTUNITIES HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO NOTICE, AND ANXIETIES AND FRUSTRATIONS HAVE BEEN REDUCED TO A MINIMUM. POSITIVE AND EFFECTIVE STEPS ARE NOW TAKEN TO PROVIDE OUR UNDERGRADUATES WITH CAREERS COUNSELLING, MR HO SAID.
OUTSTANDING YOUTH LEADERS REWARDED
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SIX OUTSTANDING YOUTH LEADERS HAVE BEEN PRESENTED WITH OUTWARD BOUND SCHOLARSHIPS BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR BARRIE WIGGHAM,
THEY ARE MISS WONG MAN-YI, A TEACHER- MR IP WING-CHING, A LABORATORY TECHNICIAN- MP LEE TSZ-MING, A STUDENT- MR NG KAM-FU, A LABOUR INSPECTOR- MR LAI YEE-CHEONG, A TEACHER, AND MR LAW CHIU-NAM, A WELFARE WORKER.
AT A PRESENTATION CEREMONY YESTERDAY, MR WIGGHAM PRAISED THE YOUTHS FOR THEIR DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY DURING THE 1981 SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME.
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