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THE GOVERNMENT WAS THE LARGEST SINGLE EMPLOYER IN HONG KONG, ACCOUNTING FOR 6.8 PER CENT OF THE EMPLOYED LABOUR FORCE. IT
FERED A WIDE VARIETY OF JOBS, MANY OF WHICH WERE APPROPRIATE
- EDUCATION AND TRAINING OFFERED BY THE HONG KONG POLYTEC- SIR PHILIP SAID.
THERE HAD BEEN A STEADY INTAKE OF POLYTECHNIC GRADUATES INTO THE CIVIL SERVICE IN THE PAST FEW YEARS,
+ IN 1984, FOR EXAMPLE, SOME 220 GRADUATES FROM THE POLYTECHNIC JOINED THE CIVIL SERVICE THAT IS TO SAY, NEARLY ONE OUT OF EVERY 12 GRADUATES FROM THE POLYTECHNIC THAT YEAR TOOK UP EMPLOYMENT WITH THE GOVERNMENT, A NOT INSIGNIFICANT RATIO, HE SAID.
SIR PHILIP POINTED OUT THAT, GIVEN THE SIZE OF THE 170 000 CIVIL SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT, AND AN ANNUAL WASTAGE RATE OF ABOUT FOUR PER CENT, SOME 7 000 RECRUITS AT ALL LEVELS AND IN ALL GRADES HAD TO BE TAKEN ON EACH YEAR JUST TO REPLACE WASTAGE.
IN ADDITION, THERE WOULD BE PROVISION, EVEN IN THE DRAFT ESTIMATES FOR NEXT YEAR, 1985-86, FOR 2 500 NEW POSTS IN KEY
IN AREAS OF ACTIVITY LARGELY OFFSET BY COMPENSATING SAVINGS OTHER AREAS OF ACTIVITY,
ALTHOUGH THE OVERALL SIZE OF THE CIVIL SERVICE WOULD REMAIN LARGELY UNCHANGED AND THE INTAKE OF NEW RECRUITS WOULD NOT MATCH THE HIGH NUMBERS OF THE 1970'S AND EARLY 1980'S, JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN THE CIVIL SERVICE WERE EXPECTED TO BE ABOUT 10 000 IN THE COMING FINANCIAL YEAR, HE SAID.
+THIS MEANS THAT THERE ARE STILL GOOD OPPORTUNITIES, THEREFORE, FOR GRADUATES OF THIS POLYTECHNIC IN THE CIVIL SERVICE,+ SIR PHILIP SAID.
ANOTHER QUESTION IN THE MINDS OF MANY PEOPLE WAS THE KIND OF GOVERNMENT HONG KONG WOULD HAVE IN THE FUTURE, AND WHETHER RECRUITS COULD ANTICIPATE A WORTHWHILE AND CONTINUING CAREER IN THE CIVIL SERVICE, HE SAID.
THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION, SIR PHILIP SAID, WAS TO BE FOUND IN THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT DECLARATION ON THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG.
+THERE IT IS CLEARLY STATED THAT THE PRESENT GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG AND THE FUTURE GOVERNMENT OF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION WILL BE DEDICATED TO THE IN OBJECTIVES OF MAINTAINING THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL STABILITY AND THE ECONOMIC PROSPERITY OF HONG KONG OVER THE NEXT 62 YEARS, AT THE LET, SIR PHILIP SAID.
ONLY WITH AN INDEPENDENT CIVIL SERVICE COULD THESE OBJECTIVES TE ACHIEVED, HE SAID.
IMPORTANCE