THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1986
SIR DAVID MEETS STAFF COURSE PARTICIPANTS
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THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, TODAY (THURSDAY) VISITED GOVERNMENT OFFICERS UNDERGOING TRAINING FOR WIDER MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AT THE SENIOR STAFF COURSE IN MUI WO, LANTAU.
SIR DAVID WAS GREETED ON ARRIVAL BY THE DIRECTOR OF STUDIES, MR LEN SNEDDON, AND BRIEFED ON THE PROGRAMME OF THE THREE-MONTH COURSE, THE FOURTH HELD SINCE SEPTEMBER 1984.
HE ALSO HAD A DISCUSSION ON LOCAL ADMINISTRATION WITH COURSE MEMBERS.
THE 40 PARTICIPANTS ARE SPENDING THE FIRST WEEK OF THE COURSE AT THE SILVERMINE BEACH HOTEL AND WILL LATER GO ON A WEEK-LONG STUDY VISIT OF A SOUTH-EAST ASIAN COUNTRY.
DELEGATES FOR COMMONWEALTH STUDY CONFERENCE NAMED
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FIVE DELEGATES HAVE BEEN SELECTED FROM THE GOVERNMENT AND MAJOR ORGANISATIONS IN HONG KONG TO ATTEND THE SIXTH COMMONWEALTH STUDY CONFERENCE TO BE HELD JOINTLY IN INDIA AND AUSTRALIA FROM MAY 10 TO 30.
THE FIVE ARE MR LEUNG SAI-WAH, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TO THE DEPUTY CHIEF SECRETARY: MR HO CHO-YING, DIRECTOR OF THE SWIRE SHIPPING (AGENCIES) LTD; MR LAU YIT-HUNG, SENIOR OFFICER OF THE AGENCY FOR VOLUNTEER SERVICE; MR SUEN MING-YEUNG, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT; AND MR KO KAM-CHUEN, DIRECTOR AND GENERAL MANAGER OF JARDINE SHIPPING AGENCIES (HK) LTD.
ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY (THURSDAY), THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG MEMBERSHIP RECRUITMENT COMMITTEE, MR ALEX WU, SAID THE QUALITY OF APPLICANTS WAS VERY HIGH.
+ INITIALLY THE CONFERENCE ORGANISERS ONLY LET HONG KONG SEND THREE DELEGATES, AND IT HAS BEEN A TRYING EXERCISE TO CHOOSE THREE OUT OF FIVE FINALISTS, HE SAID.
HOWEVER, THE ORGANISERS SUBSEQUENTLY ADMITTED TO HONG KONG'S REQUEST TO DISPATCH MORE PARTICIPANTS, AND NOW ALL FIVE WOULD BE GOING, HE ADDED.
INITIATED BY THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH IN 1956, THE COMMONWEALTH STUDY CONFERENCE IS HELD EVERY SIX YEARS, BRINGING TOGETHER REPRESENTATIVES OF INDUSTRY, COMMERCE, LABOUR AND GOVERNMENT IN AN INTERNATIONAL SETTING TO STUDY AND DISCUSS IMPORTANT MATTERS OF MUTUAL CONCERN AND INTEREST.
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