Political situation
Written by: Peng Zhuowei
2021-04-12 15:17
Last update date: 2021-04-12 15:17
The Legislative Council convened a special finance committee this afternoon (12th) to discuss government expenditures for the coming year. Financial representative Chen Zhenying is concerned about the signing of declarations by civil servants.
Secretary of Civil Service Nie Dequan said that the bureau has received a majority of civil servants signed a declaration to support the Basic Law and allegiance to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, involving about 170,000 people.
Nie Dequan revealed that as of the 1st of this month, 129 civil servants had ignored, refused to sign or handed in declarations. The relevant departments have sent letters requesting explanations, and some people have received replies.
For civil servants who have not signed or returned the declaration, the authorities will order them to leave the civil service in accordance with the "Civil Servants (Management) Order", and will also ask the persons involved to lodge a complaint, emphasizing that the authorities will follow up the case seriously and quickly.
Emphasize that the promotion of civil servants should be based on character, experience and talent
Member of Architecture, Surveying, Urban Planning and Gardens Xie Weiquan is concerned about the arrests of civil servants in the anti-amendment law dispute. Nie Dequan said that 26 civil servants were arrested for participating in illegal activities in the anti-amendment law and are under investigation or prosecution, all 26 People have been suspended, and some of them have been suspended during the probation period.
In addition, 5 officers have been convicted, some are appealing or awaiting sentencing, and the civil servants indicted can only receive half of their salary.
The DAB Ge Peifan is concerned about the progress of the amendment to prohibit insulting public officials. Nie Dequan said that he is studying with the Security Bureau, but the legislative year is tight and there is currently no specific legislative timetable.
There are also many congressmen who are concerned about the "Long-term Excellent Service Travel Award Scheme" set up by the government. The estimated expenditure this year is nearly 246 million yuan.
Nie Dequan said that last year the related budgetary expenditures were reduced due to the epidemic, and the government will continue to monitor the epidemic situation closely.
He continued that the plan is to commend current civil servants with long-term service and excellent performance. All local non-directorate civil servants, if they have served for 20 years or more and have consistently good work performance, are eligible to apply, as are civilian and disciplined service personnel. Benefit.
According to Pakatan Harapan Zhang Huafeng, earlier appointments of directorate civil servants have aroused public concern and asked whether the government would consider their popularity when deciding on the appointments.
Nie Dequan responded that the promotion of civil servants has its own mechanism, which is mainly based on their character, experience and talents. In particular, senior civil servants will also have long-term observations, but refused to respond to whether they consider "citizen opinions."
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