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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1987
MRS CHAN SAID THE HONG KONG CIVIL SERVICE CONSISTED OF SOME 60 DEPARTMENTS EMPLOYING NEARLY 180,000 PEOPLE OR ABOUT 6.8 PER CENT OF THE EMPLOYED PERSONS OF HONG KONG.
IN THE PAST DECADE, SHE SAID, THE SIZE OF THE CIVIL SERVICE HAD GROWN BY MORE THAN 65 PER CENT AND THERE WAS NOW A WIDE RANGING AND REWARDING ARRAY OF WORK AVAILABLE TO MEET THE INTERESTS AND TRAINING OF GRADUATES AT ALL LEVELS.
THE CIVIL SERVICE CAREERS EXHIBITION, LASTING FOR THREE DAYS UNTIL FRIDAY (OCTOBER 23), 18 JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG'S APPOINTMENTS SERVICE AND THE CIVIL SERVICE BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT.
ABOUT 20 GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS TAKE PART IN THE EXHIBITION BY SETTING UP COUNTERS WHERE OFFICERS FROM THESE DEPARTMENTS WILL ANSWER ENQUIRIES AND PROVIDE INFORMATION RELATING TO JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN THE CIVIL SERVICE.
LADY WILSON VISITS CHILD ASSESSMENT CENTRE
LADY WILSON VISITED THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S CHILD ASSESSMENT CENTRE IN ARRAN STREET, KOWLOON, THIS (WEDNESDAY) AFTERNOON TO SEE FOR HERSELF THE SPECIAL SERVICES PROVIDED THERE.
SHE WAS MET ON ARRIVAL BY THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR (KOWLOON), LAWRENCE LAI, AND THE CONSULTANT PAEDIATRICIAN-IN-CHARGE, DR LILIAN KO.
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BEFORE TOURING THE CENTRE, LADY WILSON WAS BRIEFED ON THE SERVICES AND FACILITIES AT A SLIDE PRESENTATION.
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THE CENTRE IS HOUSED IN A TWO-STOREY BUILDING COMPRISING TWO CLINICS THE CHILD ASSESSMENT CLINIC AND THE HEARING AID CLINIC.
THE CHILD ASSESSMENT CLINIC WAS SET UP IN 1977 UNDER THE SPONSORSHIP OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF KOWLOON, WITH THE AIM OF PROMOTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF DISABLED CHILDREN BY DETECTING AND STUDYING THEIR PROBLEMS AT THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE AGE AND DETERMINING THE BEST WAYS TO HELP THEM.
BRING A PART OF THE ASSESSMENT, ALSO PROVIDES
THE HEARING AID CLINIC, WHILE MULTI-DISCIPLINARY STRUCTURE FOR CHILD HEARING ASSESSMENT AND AID TO ADULTS WITH PARTIAL HEARING IMPAIRMENT.
/LADY WILSON