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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1981

OPPORTUNITY IN THE CIVIL SERVICE

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THE IMPORTANT FEATURE OF ANY PUBLIC ORGANISATION IS ITS CAPACITY TO SATISFY THE PEOPLE IT DEALS WITH, THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR DENIS BRAY, SAID AT THE OPENING OF THE CIVIL SERVICE CAREERS EXHIBITION AT THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG TODAY (THURSDAY).

+THE WELL-BEING OF THE ORGANISATION IS NOT AN END IN ITSELF IT IS A MEANS TO THE END OF A BETTER COMMUNITY LIFE,+ MR BRAY SAID.

MR BRAY SAID ONE OF THE GREATEST ATTRACTIONS ABOUT THE CIVIL SERVICE WAS THE VARIETY OF OPPORTUNITY IT OFFERED.

+THIS VARIETY OF OPPORTUNITY CONTINUES THROUGHOUT YOUR CAREER,+ HE TOLD THE STUDENTS.

MR BRAY ALSO TOLD THE STUDENTS THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING ABOUT CHOOSING A JOB IS THAT IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THEY ENJOY.

+YOU WILL BE DOING IT FOR A LONG TIME. ANY JOB HAS ITS UPS AND DOWNS BUT DO GO FOR SOMETHING YOU WILL LIKE DOING, HE SAID.

HE ASKED THE STUDENTS TO CONSIDER JOINING THE CIVIL SERVICE + IF YOU THINK THAT WORKING WITH PEOPLE IS MORE FUN THAN WORK ING WITH THINGS IF YOU WANT TO PLAY A PART IN SHAPING THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICES IF YOU WANT TO BE PART OF THE ORGANISATION WHICH PRESIDES OVER ONE OF THE MOST VIGOROUS AND CARING CITIES IN THE WORLD+.

ALSO SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY WAS AN UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MISS LYDIA DUNN, WHO SAID THAT DURING THE LAST SIX MONTHS ALONE, ABOUT 170 GRADUATES OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY HAD JOINED THE CIVIL SERVICE.

+THE UNIVERSITY HAS AN OBLIGATION TO THE COMMUNITY TO ENSURE THAT ITS GRADUATES MAKE A MEANINGFUL AND RELEVANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL LIFE OF THIS CITY, MISS DUNN SAID.

+IN PART THIS MEANS ENSURING THAT GRADUATES ARE AWARE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE IN INDUSTRY, COMMERCE AND THE PROFESSIONS AND IN THE CIVIL SERVICE, SHE SAID.

A TOTAL OF 18 DEPARTMENTS AND BRANCHES OF THE GOVERNMENT ARE TAKING PART IN THE TWO-DAY EXHIBITION WHICH IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE CIVIL SERVICE BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT AND THE UNIVERSITY APPOINTMENTS SERVICE.

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