THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1986
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DEMAND FOR QUALIFIED CIVIL SERVANTS TO CONTINUE
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THE GOVERNMENT'S DEMAND FOR SUITABLE, QUALIFIED PERSONNEL IN A WIDE SPECTRUM OF DISCIPLINES WAS LIKELY TO BE SUSTAINED TO KEEP PACE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG'S DYNAMIC AND PROSPEROUS COMMUNITY, THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, MR NICKY CHAN, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE POLYTECHNIC'S TWO-DAY
CAREERS' EXHIBITION, MR CHAN SAID SUCH DEVELOPMENT WAS REFLECTED IN THE GOVERNMENT'S ANNUAL CAPITAL WORKS BUDGET. THIS AMOUNTED TO $10 BILLION THIS FINANCIAL YEAR OR ABOUT $27 MILLION PER DAY.
+AGAINST THIS BACKGROUND, IT IS NOT SURPRISING TO SEE THAT POLYTECHNIC GRADUATES AT ALL LEVELS AND IN A VARIETY OF DISCIPLINES, RANGING FROM ENGINEERING, BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT TO PARA-MEDICAL AND SOCIAL WORK, WILL CONTINUE TO BE WELL IN DEMAND BY THE CIVIL SERVICE,+ MR CHAN SAID.
IN JOINING THE CIVIL SERVICE, GRADUATES COULD BE ASSURED OF A CAREER WHICH WAS AS FINANCIALLY REWARDING AS THAT IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, HE SAID.
TO HELP CAREER ADVANCEMENT OF INDIVIDUALS AND ALSO AS PART OF MANPOWER RESOURCES PLANNING, THE LANDS AND WORKS GROUP OF DEPARTMENTS SPENT NEARLY $1 MILLION EACH MONTH ON TRAINING TECHNOLOGISTS, MR CHAN SAID.
+REWARDING AS IT IS, A CAREER WITH THE CIVIL SERVICE IS BOTH CHALLENGING AND DEMANDING, INVOLVING AS IT DOES FREQUENT CONTACT WITH THE COMMUNITY THE CIVIL SERVICE IS SUPPOSED TO SERVE, HE SAID.
+ IN PARALLEL WITH THE PACE OF DEVELOPMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY AND IN ORDER THAT HIGH PRODUCTIVITY IS MAINTAINED, CIVIL SERVANTS DO HAVE A DEMANDING WORK SCHEDULE.
+THE JOB IS OFTEN FRAUGHT WITH DIFFICULTIES, WHICH HAVE TO BE OVERCOME WITH DETERMINATION, TACT AND PATIENCĚ.
+ IT IS PERSUASION AND REASONING, RATHER THAN JUST THE MERE USE OF POWER, THAT WILL HELP GET THINGS DONE, HE ADDED.
MR CHAN SAID EFFICIENCY AND GOOD ECONOMICAL JUDGMENT WERE KEY FACTORS IN ASSESSING A CIVIL SERVANT'S PERFORMANCE.
ALSO OFFICIATING AT TODAY'S CEREMONY WAS THE POLYTECHNIC'S CHAIRMAN OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON GRADUATE EMPLOYMENT, MR WILFRED NEWTON.
A TOTAL OF 20 GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE EXHIBITION.