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With the Basic Law due to come into effect in a little over two years, the Committee intends to step up its promotional efforts in co-operation with other groups and the media. Ideas being considered include producing a series of three-minute television programmes introducing the Basic Law.

In the context of school education, the Basic Law has been included in the secondary school curriculum since 1990 in subjects like Social Studies, Economic and Public Affairs, Government and Public Affairs. The Education Department has also developed a teaching kit on the Joint Declaration and the Basic Law to assist teachers in presenting the two documents at secondary school level.

End/Wednesday, May 3, 1995

Experience for appointment of departmental heads

Following is a question by Dr the Hon Samuel Wong and a reply by the Secretary for the Civil Service, Mr Michael Sze, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):

Question:

Following the recent announcement of the next appointment to the post of Commissioner for Transport, the new appointee said on television that she had no previous experience in transport matters but that she was willing to learn. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:

(a)

(b)

whether it is now the policy to treat D6 posts as training posts; and

how long on average an appointee with no previous specialist experience is expected to take to learn sufficiently about the subject so as to properly discharge his or her duties as a head of department requiring specialist or attributes?