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WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 15, 1989

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CIVIL SERVICE PROVIDES CHALLENGING OPPORTUNITIES

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THE CIVIL SERVICE PROVIDES A RANGE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE SEEKING A CAREER. THE GENERAL. MR FRANK STOCK. SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY 1.

OF

ACTING

CHALLENGING ATTORNEY

AND THE

HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE CIVIL SERVICE CAREERS

KONG EXHIBITION JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG CIVIL SERVICE BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT.

SERVICE

"THE TERM CIVIL

IS ONE THAT TENDS ΤΟ PICTURES OF THINGS THAT ARE DRY AND STAID." HE SAID.

CONJURE

UP

OF COURSE FOR

"THE TRUTH IS THAT THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE THERE: OPPORTUNITIES

AND FOR CHALLENGE. FOR GREAT DIVERSITY OF EXPERIENCE SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC.'

MR STOCK SAID HE WAS DELIGHTED THAT THE PRESENTING A FORUM OF INFORMATION FOR YOUNG STUDENTS MARSHAL THE FACTS SO THAT THEY COULD BETTER ASSRSS CAREER PATHS.

KONG

WE WILL I HOPE CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE OUR YOUNG AS A PLACE OF IMMENSE CHALLENGE AS WELL OPPORTUNITY BOTH FOR INDIVIDUAL CAREER AMBITIONS AND COMMUNITY.' HE SAID,

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EXHIBITION WAS ΤΟ HELP THEM THEIR FUTURE

ΤΟ VIEW HONG OF AS A PLACE SERVICE ΤΟ THE

THREE GOVERNMENT

CHAMBERS.

MR STOCK SAID THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THE

THE ATTORNEY LEGAL SERVICES DEPARTMENTS

GENERAL'S REGISTRAR GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT AND THE LEGAL AID DEPARTMENT PARTICIPATING IN THIS EXHIBITION.

TO

THE WERE

"IN MATTERS OF CAREER GUIDANCE. THE BURDEN IS SQUARELY UPON US PROVIDE INFORMATION ΤΟ THOSE WHO WOULD CHOOSE A CAREER, PARTICULARLY то THOSE WHO DO NOT KNOW WHAT OPPORTUNITIES ARE AVAILABLE IN THE CIVIL SERVICE.

IN ANSWER то QUESTIONS FROM REPORTERS AFTER THE OPENING CEREMONY. MR STOCK SAID THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT HAD BEEN MAKING A GREAT

ENCOURAGING LOCALISATION IN DEAL OF EFFORT TO WORK OUT WAYS OF

THE

ΤΟ DEPARTMENT AND CERTAIN MEASURES HAD BEEN WORKED OUT OBJECTIVE.

ACHIEVE THAT

"IT'S PERHAPS тоо EARLY то BE CERTAIN ABOUT IT BUT THE

IMPROVING SITUATION OF RETENTION OF OUR COUNSEL SEEMS TO BE

AND I'M

VERY HOPEFUL.

"THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT WE RUN A LEGAL DEPARTMENT WHICH IS LARGE. WHICH COVERS A VERY WIDE AREA OF LEGAL EXPERIENCE.

AND

I'M VERY REALISE THAT

"THE DEPTH OF EXPERIENCE IS QUITE EXTRAORDINARY HOPEFUL THAT MORE AND MORE YOUNGSTERS IN HONG KONG WILL THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR GAINING VALID LEGAL EXPERIENCE. INTERESTING LEGAL EXPERIENCE, ARE GREAT. MR STOCK SAID.

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/ON WHETHER