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Promotions in the administrative service announced

The Government announced today (Friday) the substantive promotion of 15 officers to Administrative Officer Staff Grade C (AOSGC) and 26 officers to Senior Administrative Officer (SAO) in the Administrative Service with effect from April 1, 1995.

"I am delighted to see that we have on this occasion promoted a total of 41 young and capable officers who have the ability and commitment to serve the community through the transitional period and beyond. This is certainly a good sign for the future," the Secretary for the Civil Service, Mr Michael Sze, said at a ceremony to present promotion letters to the officers.

"Staff Grade C is the first directorate rank in the Administrative Service. It is therefore a particularly important step in an officer's career.

"I am very happy to see that a group of young officers who have demonstrated their abilities to handle a wide range of very challenging responsibilities, have been promoted to the SAO rank which is also a relatively senior level in the Civil Service," Mr Sze said.

Officers at Staff Grade C rank normally fill the posts of Principal Assistant Secretary in the Government Secretariat, District Officer in the Home Affairs Department, or Assistant Director in Departments.

In this promotion exercise, the average age of officers promoted to Staff Grade C is 36 and those to SAO is 30.

End/Friday, May 12, 1995

Improvement to roads in Kwun Tong

The Highways Department is inviting tenders for the reconstruction of Sau Ming Road and part of Sau Mau Ping Road to improve road riding conditions and to upgrade the road drainage system.

The works include reconstruction of Sau Ming Road; reconstruction of Sau Mau Ping Road section from Sau Ming Road to Block 32 of Sau Mau Ping Estate; and ancillary drainage and landscaping works.