Mrs. Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee, member of both the Executive and Legislative Councils, was invited by the Independent Learning Centre to deliver a talk on the importance of bilingual communication in civil service to about 100 CUHK students on 20 December. Mrs. Ip, who has nearly 30 years of experience as a civil servant, said that when an administrative or executive officer is requested to submit a report or a proposal concerning a social issue to his or her supervisor, it should be written in a succinct, accurate, precise and concise manner. In the past, these documents were mainly written in English but Chinese is increasingly important. She also introduced the audience to the basic format of an internal report in the government and a normal working day of an administrative officer at entry level.