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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1994

SOME

CONSIDERATION PIS TO IN TEST

THE SPOKESMAN SAID IN THE COURSE OF THE REVIEW, HAD ALSO BEEN GIVEN TO THE SUGGESTIONS PUT FORWARD BY FURTHER NARROW THE GAP BETWEEN STUDENTS OF PIS AND THE HKSM WAITING TIMES.

"HOWEVER, THE SUGGESTIONS ARE FOUND TO BE NOT PRACTICABLE TECHNICAL OR CORRUPTION PREVENTION REASONS," HE SAID.

FOR

GIVE

HE ADDED THAT THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT WOULD CONTINUE TO

OPERATING SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT TO ANY ORGANISATION INTERESTED IN OFF-STREET DRIVING SCHOOL, AND WOULD GIVE IT THE SAME INCENTIVE AS HAD GIVEN TO HKSM BY GRANTING REDUCED WAITING TIMES TO ITS STUDENTS.

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IT

PLEDGE FOR A SMOOTH TRANSITION FOR CIVIL SERVICE

THE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE, MR MICHAEL SZE, CALLED CIVIL SERVANTS TO CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER FOR A STABLE, MODERN PROGRESSIVE CIVIL SERVICE.

ON AND

ΤΟ SHARE ΤΟ ACHIEVE THIS, HE SAID, ONE OF HIS PRIORITIES WAS

TO MEET THEIR THEM

AND TO WORK POSITIVELY THEIR CONCERNS, ASPIRATIONS THROUGH IMPROVING HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT PRACTICES.

WITH

SPEAKING AT THE ANNUAL SPRING RECEPTION FOR MORE THAN 350 CIVIL SERVICE MANAGEMENT

TODAY ASSOCIATIONS REPRESENTATIVES AND STAFF (FRIDAY), MR SZE SAID HỌNG KONG WAS ENTERING A CRITICAL PHASE OF TRANSITION TO 1997 AND BEYOND.

THE

MAJOR EFFICIENT

AND

HE SAID: "THERE IS A CONSENSUS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT A STABILISING FORCE DURING THE TRANSITION IS AN EFFECTIVE AND CIVIL SERVICE, SUCH AS THE ONE WE HAVE, WHICH IS NOT POLITICISED, WHICH, IN ADDITION TO ITS PROFESSIONALISM, HAS A GENUINE COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY IT SERVES.

THAT WB "WE THEREFORE HAVE A COMMON GOAL AND I AM CONVINCED

MODERN AND PROGRESSIVE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER FOR A STABLE, CIVIL SERVICE. THOUGH I DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE DIFFICULTIES."

MR SZE ALSO EMPHASISED THE NEED TO ENHANCE COMMUNICATION AT ALL LEVELS AND THE NEED TO ENCOURAGE TRANSPARENCY, FRANKNESS AND SINCERITY IN DEALING WITH COLLEAGUES IN THE CIVIL SERVICE.

WE

"I

WILL

TOGETHER AM SURE THAT I CAN COUNT ON YOUR SUPPORT AND THAT

FOR THE CIVIL TRANSITION WORK SUCCESSFULLY FOR A SMOOTH SERVICE WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE A HIGH QUALITY CIVIL SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY, HE SAID.

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