Secretary for the Civil Service Patrick Nip visited the Civil Service Training & Development Institute today to learn about the planning and organising of training and development programmes.

During his meeting with the managerial staff, Mr Nip was briefed on the planning work that goes into the training for leadership and management, national studies and the Basic Law, innovation and technology application, as well as language and communication.

He toured the institute’s facilities such as the resource centre, the auditorium and classrooms which are used for courses, lectures and workshops.

Mr Nip said he was pleased that the institute has continued to provide civil servants with multimedia learning resources at the Cyber Learning Centre Plus during the epidemic, and is actively making preparations for the resumption of classroom training.

Before concluding his visit, Mr Nip met training officers and learnt about their work and the challenges facing them.

He stressed the Government attaches great importance to civil service training and hopes that civil servants have a sense of national identity and commitment to serving Hong Kong.

He added that the civil service college, expected to be completed in 2026, will be equipped with new facilities for civil service training.

Mr Nip encouraged the management and frontline training officers to keep up the efforts to provide suitable training programmes for civil servants.