Smash rumors of postponing the Legislative Council election? The government hires 100 administrative assistants with monthly salary of 26,000

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Written by: Luo Jiaqing

2021-01-21 07:00

Last update date: 2021-01-21 07:00

"Reuters" earlier quoted Beijing sources as reporting that in order to prevent democrats from gaining more than half of the seats in the Legislative Council, the central government is considering revising the Legislative Council election system. The general election of the Legislative Council originally scheduled for September 5 this year may be held again. Postponed.

However, since the beginning of this month, the Home Affairs Department has openly recruited multi-district contract administrative assistants (elections) to assist in the preparation and conduct of relevant elections.

According to other sources, the Home Affairs Department and the Registration and Electoral Office have renewed the contract staff responsible for the election last year for one year.

In response to the "Hong Kong 01" enquiry, the Home Affairs Department stated that in order to assist the Registration and Electoral Office in planning the Legislative Council election-related matters, it will recruit about 100 contract administrative assistants (elections), and in December last year and about 30 administrative assistants (elections). Renew the contract; when the Registration and Electoral Office responded to the "Hong Kong 01" enquiry, it stated that about 550 contract employees were hired until September 30 this year after their contracts expire.

In response to enquiries, the Home Affairs Department stated that in order to assist the Registration and Electoral Office in planning the Legislative Council election-related matters, it will recruit about 100 contract administrative assistants (elections) and renew the contract with about 30 administrative assistants (elections) in December last year.

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Short-term administrative assistant (election) must have a local university degree

According to the recruitment enlightenment of the Home Affairs Department, the monthly salary of short-term administrative assistant (election) is 26,000 yuan. It mainly assists in the preparation and conduct of elections (such as handling election complaints, election nomination and other election-related work), voter registration and voter turnout. jobs.

In addition, it is necessary to provide general administrative support, carry out outdoor work and perform other duties when necessary.

Entry requirements require a bachelor's degree issued by any university in Hong Kong, or equivalent.

The public recruitment of administrative assistants and the one-year renewal of the contract staff responsible for elections last year means that the election of the Legislative Council in September this year can be held as scheduled?

The Home Affairs Department and the Registration and Electoral Office did not respond positively, saying only that the SAR government announced on July 31 last year that in view of the severe epidemic, in order to protect public safety and public health, and to ensure that the election is conducted in an open and fair manner, the administrative The Chief Executive in Council decided to postpone the general election of the Legislative Council originally scheduled for September 6 last year for one year.

Zhou Haoding said that it is understandable for the government to recruit election staff early in response to the situation, but he urges the government to provide employees with appropriate training and clear guidelines.

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Zhou Haoding: It is understandable to recruit election staff early and promote the provision of appropriate training for employees

When asked, the DAB Legislative Council Member Zhou Hao Ting said that last year's Legislative Council election was originally scheduled to be postponed to September this year. It is understandable that the Government should recruit staff to assist the election early in response to the situation.

However, he believes that the key point is that the government should absorb the fraud in the district council elections the year before, and provide employees with appropriate training and clear guidelines, so that employees have enough time to familiarize themselves with the operation of the election and avoid the chaos of the district elections the year before.

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