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Civil Service Training head appointed

The Government today (Tuesday) announced that Principal Training Officer, Mrs Mary Szeto Nguan Ming-hiang, has been appointed as Director of the Civil Service Training and Development Institute with effect from yesterday (Monday).

The Institute, a merger of the Civil Service Training Centre and Senior Staff Course Centre, was established on the same day.

The Director of the Institute is responsible to the Secretary for the Civil Service for the formulation and implementation of civil service training policy, and supervising and setting the strategic direction of the development of the Institute as a training centre of excellence.

Following is a brief biographical note on Mrs Szeto:

Mrs Mary Szeto Nguan Ming-hiang

Aged 53, Mrs Szeto first joined the Hong Kong government as an Examinations Officer in 1972.

She was transferred to the Senior Training Officer rank in 1981, and rose to her present rank of Principal Training Officer in January 1996. She was the Head of the Civil Service Training Centre between June 29, 1992, and March 31, 1996.

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Special traffic scheme on Island Eastern Corridor

Special traffic management scheme will be implemented on the Island Eastern Corridor (IEC) during the coming Easter holiday to facilitate the re-construction of bituminous noise reducing surfacing works, the Transport Department announces today (Tuesday).

Resurfacing works will be carried out on a 900-metre section of the westbound carriageway between Provident Centre and North Point Estate along IEC from 8 pm on Thursday (April 4) to 8 pm on Monday (April 8).