Caring for Our Staff
Training plays a key role in enhancing staff capabilities and knowledge. In light of this, DSD proactively supports the career and personal development of our employees, with a wide range of training systems. At the same time, we also place an emphasis on providing a safe and pleasant working environment for our employees. In addition, DSD arranges a variety of recreational activities for our staff to help foster a healthy work life balance.
Dragon Boat Race
Goodwill Visit
Staff Training and Development
In 2018-19, we held over 680 training activities for our staff, including induction courses, in-house training, duty visits, overseas conferences, etc. The average number of training hours per capita during the year was 38 hours, indicative of an increase of 8.57% in comparison with the previous year, plus exceeding the territory-wide average of 16.9 hours1 by 125%.
| 1 | “2018 Training & Development Needs Survey” released by Hong Kong Institute of Human Resource Management (24 June 2019) |
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Overseas Duty Visit
CIWEM Hong Kong Branch – Technical Mission 2018
In May 2018, our colleagues participated in the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) Hong Kong Branch – Technical Mission 2018 to Canada, which focused on various environmental infrastructure and the latest developments in green technologies. The delegation also met the provincial ministries of environmental affairs of Ontario and British Columbia regarding the planning and implementation of environmental policies.
In May 2018, our colleagues attended Trenchless Asia 2018, the 10th International Exhibition and Conference on Trenchless Technology in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
In June 2018, our colleagues attended an overseas delegation visit to Switzerland which was organised by the Geotechnical Division of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE).
