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Overseas training for administrative officers
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Following is a question by the Hon David Li and a reply by the Secretary for the Civil Service, Mr W K Lam, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):
Question:
It has been reported that about 15 administrative officers will be sent to attend a pilot development programme at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, which replaces the course previously undertaken at Oxford University. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
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(b)
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of the criteria used in selecting the appropriate university for the development programme;
of the total cost of sending an administrative officer to the University of Michigan's programme as compared to the cost of sending an administrative officer to the programme at Oxford University; and
whether it will consider sending administrative officers to similar programmes at a selected university in mainland China?
Reply:
Mr President,
In November 1994, Civil Service Branch invited a number of prestigious universities from different countries to submit proposals for a training programme for Administrative Officers. Selection of the institution to run the course was based on the resource of the teaching faculty, the structure, content, administration and cost of the proposed programme, as well as the specialisation of the institution. The proposal from the University of Michigan was eventually chosen as it was best able to meet our requirements in these regards. The teaching faculty assigned to the programme include renowned experts in different fields, and the University of Michigan itself is also highly reputable. Its Political Science Department, Business School and Law School, which are involved in organising the training programme, are consistently being ranked among the top in the United States.
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