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[District Council Election] Election staff received a large salary increase of 30% of the station director earned 20,000 on the 2nd

2019-11-23T00:13:58.748Z


The recent wave of violent demonstrations in Hong Kong has continued, and Sunday's district board elections can be held as an international focus as scheduled. The Government does not dare to take it lightly. Apart from increasing the police force at each station, the Fire Services Department has also set up a rapid response team to cope with possible fire incidents. The security of the ticketing station was a concern, and the election work was regarded as "difficulty". It is understood that the Registration and Electoral Office sent a letter to the inside on Friday (15th) to announce the increase in the remuneration of frontline election staff. The highest-ranking PRO (PRO) and Deputy Presiding Officer (DPRO) remunerations were significantly increased by 30% and the maximum remuneration was $20,840. Staff of the remaining ranks received a salary increase of about 10%, including the Assistant Presiding Officer (APRO), the voting assistant, the counting assistant, the polling officer and the counting station clerk. "Hong Kong 01" is inquiring about the matter to the Registration and Electoral Office and has not received any reply.


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Written by: Zheng Yidi

2019-11-23 08:00

Last updated: 2019-11-23 08:00

The recent wave of violent demonstrations in Hong Kong has continued, and Sunday's district board elections can be held as an international focus as scheduled. The Government does not dare to take it lightly. Apart from increasing the police force at each station, the Fire Services Department has also set up a rapid response team to cope with possible fire incidents.

The security of the ticketing station was a concern, and the election work was regarded as "difficulty". It is understood that the Registration and Electoral Office sent a letter to the inside on Friday (15th) to announce the increase in the remuneration of frontline election staff. The highest-ranking PRO (PRO) and Deputy Presiding Officer (DPRO) remunerations were significantly increased by 30% and the maximum remuneration was $20,840. Staff of the remaining ranks received a salary increase of about 10%, including the Assistant Presiding Officer (APRO), the voting assistant, the counting assistant, the polling officer and the counting station clerk.

"Hong Kong 01" is inquiring about the matter to the Registration and Electoral Office and has not received any reply.

Recently, the violent incidents in the political turmoil have escalated. The chairman of the Senior Civil Servants Association, Huang Kongle, publicly admitted in September that his colleagues were worried about participating in the elections and worried that they would not understand the conflict. It also pointed out that the recruitment of this year's district board elections was worse than in previous years.

The election of staff positions is limited to applications for civil servants. The work includes assisting in the setting up of polling stations one day before the polling day, maintaining the smooth voting and counting process, and assisting in the clearing of the venue after the completion of the counting of votes. It can be said that civil servants earn extra money. One way.

The circular issued by the Electoral Affairs in April this year has stipulated the remuneration of the election staff this year. However, after seven months, the salary figures have been raised again in the vicinity of the election time. This has led to speculation that frontline staff are deterred from the polling day. The Government needs to "reward" to appease civil servants.

Ticket office director's remuneration rose 1.3 times compared with the previous district election

Looking at the information, the staff remuneration for this year's District Council elections has almost doubled that of the 2015 District Council elections; for example, the polling station director of the highest-paying general polling station (more than 7,500 voters), The remuneration rose from $8,980 four years ago to $16,030 this year. It was raised to $20,840 after the latest increase in November. The position is only available to civil servants at the 39th or above of the Master Pay Scale.

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Source: hk1

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