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A busy and multitask job
And the key of policy-making is paperwork. "How are the Executive Council, the Legislative Council, and the public going to discuss without documents? Doing paperwork is everyday duty of administrative officers. But it is really time-consuming," she said.
She resigned from the government to study a master degree in comparative politics in London in 2005 on a scholarship. Last year, she returned to Hong Kong and became campaign manager of Alan Leong Kah-kit's chief executive election office. She is now taking a break after the election campaign has ended in March.
Another former administrative officer David Wong Chor-fung, 28, also said he found the job unsuitable for him and he quitted after the three-year probation period.
Mr Wong said as an administrative officer, he had to help prepare a folder of information for his superior's presentation every time when he had to attend a legislature's meeting. That included background information, statistics, suggested questions and answers, PowerPoint slides as well as formal documents.
He now works as the director of community development at the Savantas Policy Institute, a think tank headed by former Secretary for Security Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee.
Although both jobs are related to social development and policy making, Mr Wong said, the two are different.
"The job of an administrative officer is urgent but not important. The job as a director here is important but not urgent," he said.
Heidi Hung Hoi-yi says she has to deal with
endless phone calls and e-mails in work.