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Employment of retrained workers in civil service

Following is a question by the Hon Lau Chin-shek and a reply by the Secretary for the Civil Service, Mr Michael Sze, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):

Question:

Recently, some participants of the training course on elementary clerical skills organised by the Employees Retraining Board have complained about the Civil Service Branch not recognising the certificate they have obtained on completing the course as fulfilling the entry requirement for junior clerical posts in government departments and subvented organisations. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:

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whether the Government will consider accepting "work competence and knowledge of skills" as a substitute for the academic qualifications currently adopted by the Government as the entry requirement for the above-mentioned posts; if not, why not;

of the annual number of persons who have completed retraining and who have been employed by government departments and subvented organisations respectively since the establishment of the Employees Retraining Scheme, as well as the proportion of such retrainees to the total number of persons who have completed retraining in each of the years over the same period;

whether the Government has any policy requiring government departments and subvented organisations to take the lead in employing persons who have completed retraining; and

whether the Government has any plan to hold discussions with the Employees Retraining Board on the development of retraining courses with a view to facilitating the Government employing more persons who have completed retraining?