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THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1992

FROM A MODEST START WITH ONLY ONE TRAINING OFFICER, IT NOW

80 OFFICERS IN THE OFFICERS WORKING DEPARTMENTS.

DAYS

CENTRE. FULL-TIME

IN ADDITION,

ON

TRAINING

HAS

THERE ARE ABOUT

IN OTHER

1,150

GOVERNMENT

MILLION SERVANTS, IN

IN TERMS OF OUTPUT, THE GOVERNMENT ORGANISED OVER TWO OF TRAINING, OR ABOUT 11 TRAINING DAYS PER CIVIL

1990/91.

MORE THAN EVER PREPARING

MR WIGGHAM POINTED OUT THAT TRAINING, TODAY BEFORE, MUST HAVE AS ONE OF ITS MOST IMPORTANT COMPONENTS: PEOPLE FOR CHANGE.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE CHANGE OF SOVEREIGNTY IN 1997 PREPARATION.

DOES REQUIRE

KNOWLEDGE AND

IN OPERATE

WRITTEN

"WE NEED ΤΟ INCREASE CIVIL SERVANTS'

TO UNDERSTANDING

CHINA, of

AND THEIR ABILITY CHINESE AND PUTONGHUA AS WELL AS IN ENGLISH.

"TO THESE ENDS WE HAVE DEVELOPED A CHINA WHICH INCLUDES SEMINARS ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF CHINA; VISITS TO CHINA; AND COURSES ON WRITTEN CHINESE VARIOUS GROUPS AND LEVELS OF CIVIL SERVANTS.

STUDIES PROGRAMME, FAMILIARISATION AND PUTONGHUA FOR

THERE ARE OTHER CHALLENGES OF CHANGE NOT RELATED TO 1997.

THE WITH

COMMUNITY THESE INCLUDE THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF THE HONG KONG

CHANGES IN WHICH LEADS TO INCREASING DEMANDS ON THE CIVIL SERVICE; HONG KONG'S ECONOMY, AND THE MANAGEMENT OF GOVERNMENT FINANCES IN 1990S;

CHANGES IN THE LOCAL POLITICAL SYSTEM, AND ITS INTERFACE

ECONOMIC GROWTH AND THE

THE INCREASING ADMINISTRATION; AND INTERDEPENDENCE OF THE PACIFIC REGION.

IN LINE WITH THESE DEVELOPMENTS, THE CURRICULUM COURSES WILL BE REVIEWED AND NEW PROGRAMMES INTRODUCED.

OF EXISTING

THE SECRETARY ALSO SAID THE PACIFIC REGION, FOCAL POINT, IS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY.

AS AN ECONOMIC

HE SAID IF HONG KONG WAS TO BENEFIT FROM THIS DEVELOPMENT, MUST INCREASE LINKS WITH THE REST OF THE REGION.

IT

"THE POINT IS WELL RECOGNISED BY THE HONG KONG BUSINESSMEN, BUT OTHER IT IS PERHAPS TIME WE CIVIL SERVANTS BECAME MORE FAMILIAR WITH GOVERNMENTS AND PUBLIC SERVICES IN ASIA.

JAPAN,

VARIOUSLY TO ΤΟ ATTEMPT

FROM THEIR

MR

"RECENTLY, I AND MEMBERS OF MY STAFF HAVE BEEN

AN IN AND SINGAPORE AUSTRALIA, SOUTH KOREA UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT THEIR GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS, TO LEARN EXPERIENCES AND TO LOOK INTO THE POSSIBILITY OF TRAINING COURSES, WIGGHAM ADDED.

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