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GOOD MANAGEMENT

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MONDAY, APRIL 16, 1979

KEY TO EFFICIENT CIVIL SERVICE *******

THE GOVERNMENT IS UPGRADING THE QUALITY OF THE CIVIL SERVICE BY PUTTING GREATER EMPHASIS ON MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION TRAINING FOR OFFICERS.

EACH YEAR, SOME 1,000 OFFICERS OF VARIOUS RANKS WHOSE WORK INVOLVES MANAGERIAL DUTIES ARE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO FURTHER IMPROVE THEIR KNOWLEDGE IN MODERN MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION FROM COURSES RUN BY THE CIVIL SERVICE TRAINING DIVISION,

EXPLAINING THE AIM OF THE TRAINING COURSES, THE CHIEF TRAINING OFFICER OF THE TRAINING DIVISION, MR. A.R.B. KITCHELL, SAID MANGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION TRAINING IS IMPORTANT AS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE GOVERNMENT IS RAPIDLY EXPANDING TO MEET INCREASING DEMANDS FROM THE COMMUNITY.

+THESE COURSES ENABLE OFFICERS TO PARTICIPATE IN GROUP ACTIVITIES IN WHICH THEY CAN SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCE BY DISCUSSING ACTUAL MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION CASES IN THEIR WORK, HE SAID.

THE TRAINING DIVISION ALSO ORGANISES A WIDE RANGE OF COURSES FOR CIVIL SERVANTS OF ALL GRADES NOT ONLY ON MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION BUT ALSO LANGUAGES AND OPPORTUNITIES TO FURTHER THEIR PROFESSIONAL SKILLS EITHER LOCALLY OR OVERSEAS. IT ALSO GIVES ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS TO PLAN THEIR OWN TRAINING PROGRAMMES.

MR. KITCHELL ALSO POINTED OUT THAT ANOTHER MAJOR AREA OF TRAINING FOR CIVIL SERVANTS IS THE ENGLISH FOR SPECIAL PURPOSE+ COURSES WHICH ARE BEING DESIGNED TO ENABLE OFFICERS TO COMMUNICATE BETTER.

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+OTHER LANGUAGE COURSES CANTONESE, MANDARIN, JAPANESE, THA! CHIU CHOW AND HAKKA — ARE ALSO IN GREAT DEMAND.

- IN SOME CASES, OFFICERS WHO WISH TO BRUSH UP THEIR COMMAND OF A PARTICULAR DIALECT ARE GIVEN INDIVIDUAL TUITION, HE SAID.

EACH YEAR, THE DIVISION OFFERS VARIOUS TRAINING COURSES TO ABOUT 7,000 OFFICERS. IN ADDITION, MORE THAN 3,000 ARE GIVEN FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ATTEND COURSES IN THE LOCAL UNIVERSITIES, POLYTECHNIC AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS,

FURTHERMORE, SOME 400 OFFICERS FROM VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS ARE SENT OVERSEAS TO RECEIVE ADVANCED TRAINING EACH YEAR.

THE CIVIL SERVICE TRAINING DIVISION PROVIDES BOTH FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME COURSES WHICH RANGE FROM A FEW DAYS TO ONE YEAR IN DURATION.

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