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REPLY BY THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE

TO A QUESTION BY PROF THE HON C K POON

IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON WEDNESDAY 29 JUNE 1988

3. PROF. POON asked:

Question

In view of the anticipated expansion of the Environmental Protection Department in the coming years, will Government inform this Council whether there is any long-term plan to provide training for graduates in environmental protection studies, either locally or overseas, to ensure that the planned anti-pollution projects will not be affected by staff shortages?

SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE:

Sir,

(EPD)

The Environmental Protection Department/ does

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not generally seek to recruit graduates with a first degree in environmental sciences. Rather, the Department

looks for staff with a good basic degree in a scientific

or engineering discipline, together with some relevant

experience in industry or consultancy.

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Staff with this sort of background are able

to contribute more effectively to the various

multi-disciplinary teams that make up the Department. So

far as training in specific environmental subjects is

concerned, the emphasis is placed on post-graduate

training.

Accordingly, the Department has been

collaborating with various tertiary educational

institutions in Hong Kong to develop courses in such

subjects as public health engineering, noise and

vibration, air pollution chemistry and control and

environmental policy and management.