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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1985 ·
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THIS IS BECAUSE THERE IS, IN PROFESSIONAL TERMS, NO FUNCTIONAL NEED FOR AN INTERMEDIATE GRADE BETWEEN SOCIAL WORK ASSISTANT AND ASSISTANT SOCIAL WORK OFFICER.
THE PROBLEM WILL DISAPPEAR IN A FEW YEARS' TIME
WHEN THE BAPTIST COLLEGE PRODUCES ITS OWN SOCIAL WORK DEGREE GRADUATES, HE SAID.
HE NOTED THAT TEACHING AND SOCIAL WORK WERE THE TWO REMAINING AREAS IN WHICH BAPTIST STUDENTS FELT UNHAPPY OVER THE GOVERNMENT'S RECOGNITION OF THE IR QUALIFICATIONS.
+BAPTIST COLLEGE HONOURS DIPLOMAS ARE RECOGNISED BY THE GOVERNMENT AS AN ALTERNATIVE QUALIFICATION FOR EMPLOYMENT TO A WIDE RANGE OF CIVIL SERVICE JOBS, MR FORD SAID. IN ALL THERE ARE SOME 11 GRADES IN WHICH THE STATUS OF HONOURS DIPLOMATES IS RECOGNISED AND CANDIDATES ENTER AT ONE PAY POINT BELOW THAT OF UNIVERSITY DEGREE HOLDERS.
+SO TO SUGGEST THAT THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT RECOGNISE BAPTIST COLLEGE HONOURS DIPLOMAS FOR RECRUITMENT PURPOSES IS DEMONSTRABLY NOT TRUE, HE SAID.
MR FORD POINTED OUT THAT A STABLE, EFFICIENT AND DEDICATED CIVIL SERVICE WILL BE A KEY ELEMENT IN THE CONTINUING PROSPERITY OF HONG KONG IN THE YEARS AHEAD.
*WE NEED THEREFORE HIGH CALIBRE, DEDICATED AND ENTHUSIASTIC PEOPLE TO JOIN US TO ENSURE THAT THIS AIM CAN BE ACHIEVED, HE SAID.
+ANYONE WHO HAS THE INTEREST OF HONG KONG AT HEART SHOULD CONSIDER CAREFULLY, WHEN CHOOSING A CAREER, HOW BEST HE OR SHE CAN MAKE A WORTHWHILE CONTRIBUTION TO THE FUTURE WELL-BEING OF OUR COMMUNITY AND GOVERNMENT SERVICE CERTAINLY OFFERS THAT OPPORTUNITY, HE ADDED.
REED,
MORE COMMENTS ON PROPOSED WATER QUALITY REGULATIONS
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THE COMMISSIONER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DR STUART
SAID THERE HAD BEEN GOOD OVERALL RESPONSE TO THE FURTHER PERIOD OF CONSULTATION ON THE DRAFT REGULATIONS AIMED AT BRINGING HỌNG KONG'S WATER POLLUTION UNDER CONTROL.
SPEAKING AT A LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF HONG KONG NORTHWEST TODAY (TUESDAY), HE SAID THAT MOST REPRESENTATIONS HAD COME FROM THOSE CONCERNED ABOUT THE DETERIORATION OF WATER QUALITY IN HONG KONG.
/THEY WERE
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