WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1994
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RECRUITMENT OF STAFF IN CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE
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FOLLOWING IS A QUESTION BY THE HON TIK CHI-YUEN AND A WRITTEN REPLY BY THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR LAM WOON- KWONG, IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY):
QUESTION: IN HIS REPLY TO THE QUESTION ON OPEN RECRUITMENT OF POSTS IN THE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE ON 2 MARCH 1994, THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER INDICATED THAT THE NUMBER OF PROFESSIONAL POSTS IN THE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE TO BE FILLED BY OPEN RECRUITMENT WAS EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 44 IN 1994/95. WILL THE GOVERNMENT INFORM THIS COUNCIL OF :
(A) THE PRESENT PROGRESS OF SUCH RECRUITMENT AND THE
NUMBER OF STAFF RECRUITED BY PROFESSION SO FAR; AND
THE TARGETS FOR
(B)
THE YEARS?
YEARLY RECRUITMENT
NEXT FOUR
REPLY:
MR PRESIDENT,
(A)
(B)
SINCE MY REPLY OF 2 MARCH 1994, THREE ADDITIONAL CIVIL SERVICE POSTS IN THE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE HAVE BEEN CONVERTED ΤΟ NON-CIVIL SERVICE STATUS, INCREASING THE NUMBER OF NON-CIVIL SERVICE POSTS FROM 44 TO 47.
OF THE 47 NON-CIVIL SERVICE POSTS, 29 ARE FILLED.
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RECRUITMENT FOR THE 18 VACANT POSTS IS IN PROGRESS. 13 SUITABLE CANDIDATES HAVE BEEN SELECTED
12 AS SUBJECT SPECIALISTS RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPING THE CURRICULUM OF SPECIFIC SUBJECTS AND THE REMAINING ONE FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL AIDS. THEY ARE EXPECTED TO TAKE UP APPOINTMENT IN EARLY 1995. THE REMAINING VACANCIES WILL BE RE-ADVERTISED IN NOVEMBER 1994.
IT IS NOT PRACTICABLE TO SET PRECISE RECRUITMENT TARGET'S FOR THE NEXT 4 YEARS. BASED ON THE TREND IN RECENT YEARS, HOWEVER, THE DEPARTMENT EXPECTS TO HAVE TO RECRUIT 6 TO 8 CONTRACT STAFF IN THE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE IN EACH OF THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.
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