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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1987

CONCERNING THE RECRUITMENT EXFROCISES CARRIED OUT TWICE EACH YEAR, MR FORD SAID THE RESPONSE TO THE RECRUITMENT OF CHINESE LANGUAGE OFFICERS HAD BEEN GOOD BUT GOOD SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETERS, PARTICULARLY FOR INTERPRETATION FROM ENGLISH TO PUTONGHUA, WERE

SHORT SUPPLY.

IN

THEREFORE, A SPECIAL PROGRAMME HAD BEEN INTRODUCED TO TRAIN CIVIL SERVANTS WITH POTENTIAL TO BECOME SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETERS KITIL A VIEW TO A TRANSFER ON SATISFACTORY COMPLETION OF THE TRAINING PROGRAMME SINCE LAST YEAR, HE SAID.

"BECAUSE OF THE INCREASING DEMAND FOR PUTONGHUA INTERPRETATION, A SPECIAL CADRE OF 17 CHINESE LANGUAGE OFFICERS HAS BEEN FORMED ΤΟ PROVIDE THIS SERVICE FOR HIGI LEVEL MEETINGS SUCH AS THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP AND LAND COMMISSION MEETINGS, HE NOTED.

MR FORD ALSO POINTED OUT THAT ON THE JOB, RELEASE AND OVERSEAS TRAINING WERE PROVIDED TO INTEPRETERS AND CHINESE LANGUAGE OFFICERS.

DAY

PART TIME

SIMULTANEOUS

CONFERENCE

THERE WERE PLANS TO INVITE OVERSEAS EXPERTS IN INTERPRETATION TO COME TO HONG KONG TO TRAIN THE CHINESE LANGUAGE OFFICERS, HE ADDED.

FOREIGN ECONOMIC RELATIONS WELL CO-ORDINATED

STEPS HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS ADEQUATE

AMONG AND CO-ORDINATION

THREE POLICY

OF THE BRANCHES SECRETARIAT WHICH HAVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR FOREIGN ECONOMIC

HON PIERS

THE

FINANCIAL SECRETARY, THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

JACOBS,

LIAISON GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, SAID IN THE

HON HELMUT ECONOMIC

MR SOHMEN, SERVICES BRANCH, AFFAIRS BRANCH,

ON THEIR

JACOBS

THE

HAD

IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE THE SAID THE THREE BRANCHES, NAMELY TRADE AND INDUSTRY BRANCH AND THE MONETARY RESPONSIBILITY FOR FOREIGN ECONOMIC RELATIONS THAT IMPINGED RESPECTIVE AREAS OF WORK.

"ACTIVITIES ON NEGOTIATIONS IN THESE AREAS ARE AN INTEGRAL POLICY PART OF THE WORK OF EACH BRANCH AND ARE BEST DEALT WITH BY THE SECRETARY RESPONSIBLE IN ANY PARTICULAR CASE."

HE HELD OVERALL BRANCHES AND

MR JACOBS ADDED THAT AS FINANCIAL SECRETARY, RESPONSIBILITY IN RELATION TO THE WORK OF ALL THE THREE THERE WAS CLOSE LIAISON AND CO-ORDINATION AMONG THEM.

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