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Supplementary to Question No. 3g

Legco meeting on 29 June 1988.

PROF. POON: Sir, it is very unlikely that fresh graduates

will have real experience in industry or consultancy.

Will the Government, being the largest employer in Hong

Kong, re-consider recruiting fresh graduates and give them

on-the-job training, in order to prepare enough local.

graduates and local officers for the needs of EPD?

overseas.

то take in

SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE : Sir, as I mentioned in

the main reply, the EPD already undertakes a great deal of

in-house training and its staff are sent on specialised

courses, both in Hong Kong and

fresh graduates with no experience would greatly increase

the workload of the already hard-pressed experienced

staff. There is therefore a very limited capacity at the

moment for the department to take in fresh graduates.

DR. LAM (in Cantonese): Sir, the Secretary has said that

because of the increase in activity in the field, there

are temporary problems? Can I ask why there has been this

activity?

dramatic increase in

IS it because of an

under-estimate of the work or whether there have been any

sudden emergencies and how long will this situation last?

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