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Written by: Zhang Meihua
2020-01-15 19:51
Last updated: 2020-01-15 19:51The Security Bureau earlier told the Finance Committee of the Legislative Council that from June to November last year, the Police Force received an average of 86,000 yuan for "overtime work allowance", with related expenses totaling about 950 million yuan. However, the Secretary for Security, Mr Li Ka-chao, today (15th) responded in writing to relevant legislative council member Yang Yueqiao, referring to the authority delegated by the Financial Secretary in accordance with Article 8 of the Public Finance Ordinance to amend the approved expenditure budget involving the Police Force, including Approximately 319 million yuan was due to pay the actual expenditure for overtime work allowance. The actual expenditure of the police force so far is 203.6 billion yuan.
The Secretary for Security Li Jiachao wrote a reply to Legislative Council Member Yang Yueqiao today (15th), stating that the Financial Secretary has delegated powers in accordance with Article 8 of the Public Finance Ordinance to amend the police ’s approved expenditure budget, including about 300 million The actual expenditure of 19 million yuan payable for overtime work allowance. (Profile picture)
Yang Yueqiao pointed out that at the beginning of the 2019-20 financial year, the original budget of the Police Force was 19,662 million yuan, which is higher than in previous years. In his written reply, Li Jiachao mentioned that the actual expenditure of the police force so far has been 203.6 billion yuan. As this fiscal year is still about a quarter away, Yang Yueqiao doubts that the actual expenditure of the police will still have a chance to increase significantly in the next two months.
Yang Yueqiao criticized that the SAR government has the habit of "removing parts", splitting large appropriations into amounts not exceeding 10 million yuan, granting them with sub-authorization power, and questioned the purpose of bypassing the supervision of the Finance Committee. (Profile picture)
In addition, Li Jiachao revealed that in this financial year, the Financial Secretary approved the delegation of power under the Public Finance Regulations and approved $ 319 million to pay the police overtime work allowance. It is worth noting that the Government's Finance Committee disclosed on the 13th last month that in the past six months, about 11,000 police officers received overtime allowances each month, and related expenses totaled about 950 million yuan. Yang Yueqiao pointed out that the difference of more than 600 million yuan is still unknown.
According to Article 8 of the Public Finance Regulations, the Finance Committee may delegate its powers to the Financial Secretary and approve grants of less than 10 million yuan. Yang Yueqiao criticized that the SAR government has a habit of "removing parts", splitting large appropriations into amounts not exceeding 10 million yuan and granting them with sub-authorization power. The challenge is to bypass the supervision of the Finance Committee and urge the SAR government to increase Transparency, account of funding sources and appropriation procedures for overtime allowances.
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