SCS encourages interns to join Government and serve public
The Secretary for the Civil Service, Mrs Ingrid Yeung, today (August 1) met with over 40 university students participating in the Administrative Service Summer Internship Programme to hear them share their experiences gained from the internship, and encouraged them to apply for the Administrative Officer (AO) post.
Mrs Yeung said, "I strongly encourage young aspiring people who are committed to serving the community to actively consider joining the civil service. Whether you are graduating from the university next year or in 2026, if you plan to join the Government after graduation, now is the time to learn more about the employment and development opportunities offered by the Government. It is encouraging to note that this round of Internship Programme has attracted a record high number of applications from a total of 303 students from local, Mainland and overseas universities.
"Opportunity favours the prepared. In the past five years, roughly one in every four newly recruited AOs were participants of the Administrative Service Internship Programme. The newly recruited AOs this year also include two Year 3 students from local universities who enrolled in the summer and winter cohorts of the Internship Programme last year and are now among the first batch of candidates recommended for 'advanced conditional offers'. I look forward to having internship participants becoming AOs in the near future to serve the public and contribute to our country and Hong Kong with their strengths."
AOs play a pivotal role in the Government and are responsible for the formulation of government policies, co-ordination and monitoring of the implementation of various programmes, and management of the use of public resources. The Civil Service Bureau (CSB) organises the Administrative Service Internship Programme every summer and winter, offering students who wish to pursue an AO career an opportunity to work with serving AOs for around eight weeks, thereby gaining practical experience of government work at an early stage to facilitate future planning. The Permanent Secretary for the Civil Service, Mr Clement Leung, and Deputy Secretary for the Civil Service Ms Eureka Cheung also joined the sharing session with the interns and listened to their internship experiences.
Mr Boey Lam, who is pursuing a double degree in Psychology and Public Administration at a local university, is one of the interns and has been posted to the division on mental health and healthcare manpower under the Health Bureau. Sharing his experience, Mr Lam said that during the internship, he had the opportunity to study overseas experience in promoting mental health awareness, assist in the preparation of policy papers and witness the passage of the Nurses Registration (Amendment) Bill 2023 at the Legislative Council. He found the experience most invaluable and appreciated in particular the need for public policy formulation to take into account different perspectives and balance the interests of stakeholders.
Miss Naomi Lai, who is studying International Politics at a Mainland university, has a placement at the Narcotics Division of the Security Bureau, taking part in anti-drug prevention and promotion work. She assisted in the organisation of an anti-drug summit in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the promotion of anti-drug messages to youth at the Hong Kong Book Fair and the Ani-Com & Games Hong Kong. Through the experience, she learnt about the importance for the public service to be agile, innovative and collaborative having regard to stakeholder interests.
A new round of the Common Recruitment Examination (CRE) and the Basic Law and National Security Law Test (BLNST) (degree/professional grades) is now open for application, while the recruitment exercises for the posts of Administrative Officer, Executive Officer II, Assistant Trade Officer II and Transport Officer II will begin in September. Prospective applicants for these posts should apply on-line before the deadline of 5pm on next Friday (August 9) for taking the CRE and the BLNST in order to attain the requisite results. For details, please refer to the CSB’s website (www.csb.gov.hk/eng/cre.html).
SCS encourages interns to join Government and serve public Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
SCS encourages interns to join Government and serve public Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
SCS encourages interns to join Government and serve public Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
SCS encourages interns to join Government and serve public Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
InvestHK promotes Hong Kong's advantages as multinational supply chain management centre during CIFIT
Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK) hosted a seminar at the 24th China International Fair for Investment and Trade (CIFIT) in Xiamen, Fujian Province, yesterday (September 8), encouraging Mainland enterprises to make use of Hong Kong's advantages as a multinational supply chain management centre to expand overseas amid the Belt and Road Initiative and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) development.
Entitled Hong Kong as a multinational supply chain management centre for Mainland enterprises, the seminar was organised by InvestHK, the Commercial Office of the Economic Affairs Department of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government (LOCPG) in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Guangdong, and the Department of Commerce of Fujian Province. It was co-organised by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Xiamen Committee, the Federation of Industry and Commerce of Xiamen (General Chamber of Commerce) and the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, Quanzhou Committee. The seminar began with remarks from Associate Director-General of Investment Promotion Dr Jimmy Chiang and the Deputy Director-General of the Economic Affairs Department and Head of the Commercial Office of the LOCPG in the HKSAR, Mr Zhou Qiang, as well as Vice Chairman of the Xiamen Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Mr Huang Peiqiang.
Dr Chiang said, "Hong Kong is Fujian's largest source of foreign direct investment as well as its largest investment destination. It is also the key listing market for Fujian enterprises. Under the 'one country, two systems' principle, Hong Kong offers distinctive advantages as a springboard for mainland companies to 'go global'. The HKSAR Government is committed to developing the city as a multinational supply chain management centre. Hong Kong, as Asia's preferred international financial and business centre, offers Mainland enterprises comprehensive and well-developed professional services, making it the best place for them to set up and manage offshore trade centres."
Mr Zhou said, "In the process of China's reform and opening up, Hong Kong serves as a main bridge for trade and investment, and an important channel for international capital to enter the Mainland market. One of the points emphasised at the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China is about reinforcing international co-operation in industrial and supply chains. Hong Kong and Fujian can contribute a lot on this frontier. Hong Kong is a global financial and wealth centre, and a hub for high-calibre talent; the city has unrivalled advantages to become an important multinational supply chain centre". He also told the seminar about the function of the Commercial Office of the Economic Affairs Department of the LOCPG in the HKSAR. The Commercial Office is the representative of the Ministry of Commerce in Hong Kong, offering consultation and services to enhance the two-way investment and economic and trade communication between the Mainland and Hong Kong.
The Head of Mainland and GBA Business Development of InvestHK, Ms Loretta Lee, talked about Hong Kong's unique business advantages and the range of services that InvestHK offers to Mainland enterprises in assisting them to achieve high-quality development via Hong Kong. Assistant General Manager of the Business Divisions-Structured/Special Risk Solutions of the Hong Kong Expert Credit Insurance Corporation Mr Dennis Wong talked about the role of the Hong Kong Expert Credit Insurance Corporation. In the panel session under the theme of "Multinational supply chain management centre: application and practice", Executive Vice President and Head of Sales and Client Management, Global Trade Solutions of Hang Seng Bank Limited, Mr Matthew Lam; the Chairman of Pace Supply Chain International Limited, Mr Simon Pun; Deputy General Manager of the International Development Department of Xiamen ITG Group Corp Ltd Mr Allen Lian; as well as Mr Wong, shared practical experiences in investment in Hong Kong.
For photos of the seminar, please visit www.flickr.com/photos/investhk/albums/72177720320193599.
InvestHK promotes Hong Kong's advantages as multinational supply chain management centre during CIFIT Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
InvestHK promotes Hong Kong's advantages as multinational supply chain management centre during CIFIT Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
InvestHK promotes Hong Kong's advantages as multinational supply chain management centre during CIFIT Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
InvestHK promotes Hong Kong's advantages as multinational supply chain management centre during CIFIT Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
InvestHK promotes Hong Kong's advantages as multinational supply chain management centre during CIFIT Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
