The government deducted three more months of salary, Ye Liu opened fire: how to entrust important tasks to trivial matters

Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor announced in April last year that he would reduce the salaries of the heads of the Secretary-General, the Chief Executive's Office and all members of the Executive Council by 10% for a period of one year.

Recently, the media revealed that due to internal mistakes within the government, a number of officials and all executive council members continued to have their salaries reduced for 3 months after the expiration of the salary reduction period for a total of 15 months. Many guild members said It was only at the end of last month that there was an error in the pay cut arrangements.

The New Democrat Party Chairman Ye Liu Shuyi opened fire on social networks today (30), saying that she does not mind the salary issue, but criticized the government for not explaining the matter in detail so far. "If civil servants are so sloppy in handling such trivial matters, why should they be entrusted with important tasks in the future?" "

Dissatisfied with the Chief Executive’s “communication error” response and asked to explain what went wrong

"Zhongxin" revealed on Monday (26th) that due to internal government errors, senior officials and guild members continued to receive salary cuts one year after the expiration of the salary reduction period. It was not discovered until the end of last month, but it is understood that the difference will not be recovered. .

If calculated based on the original salary of the Chief Executive, the Chief Executive, the Director of the Chief Executive's Office, and the non-official members of the guild before deduction in the previous year, the salary will be reduced by 10% for three months and the amount involved is about 2.26 million yuan.

Ip Liu Shuyi said on a social network this afternoon: "I agree to cut wages to tide over the difficulties with the public, but this incident is not solely related to salary issues. It is also a mistake in calculating salaries and other trivial matters. The government feels that things are "missing". Which department and who is responsible for the matter? Which part of the "Oolong" link? If civil servants are so sloppy in handling such trivial matters, why should they be entrusted with important tasks in the future? The over-deduction of salary this time is obviously a low-level mistake. The government will deal with similar arrangements in the future. It should be more cautious and accurate.” She believes that the government should explain to the affected officials and guild members that the relevant departments and those involved cannot be fooled by a single sentence of "miscommunication."

Ye Liu quoted a reply from the Chief Executive’s Office at the end of the article. He was obviously very dissatisfied with the response: "The Chief Executive announced in April last year that she and the three secretary-generals, 13 bureau chiefs and the director of the Chief Executive’s Office announced in the next 12 months that she would ride through the difficult times with the public. (I.e. from April 2020 to March 2021) pay a 10% pay reduction, and all non-official members of the Executive Council have subsequently voluntarily reduced their pay by 10%. The salary reduction arrangement should have ended at the end of March this year, but colleagues from the Chief Executive’s Office arrived It was only discovered in June this year that due to a communication error, the salary reduction arrangement was effective until the end of June this year, that is, a total salary reduction of 10% and 15 months. After being informed, the Chief Executive personally consulted the affected officials and members of the Executive Council, and everyone agreed to accept the reduction. 15-month salary arrangement."

Tang Jiahua said the incident was funny, "No one found out for a few months."

Executive Council member Tang Jiahua said with a smile: "I don't know why I am so funny, I can make a mistake like this, and no one has found out for months. This may prove that the accountable officials and guild members are not checking themselves daily. How much savings do you have!" The reporter reminded that the chief executive pays in cash, and the number of banknotes is less than 10%. It may not be too difficult to find. Tang Jiahua said with a smile: "Maybe she (Lam Cheng Yuet-e) has no free time to count the banknotes!"

As for Ye Liu Shuyi’s criticism of the Chief Executive’s Office’s response to not being detailed enough, a member of the guild who did not want to be named pointed out: "In fact, Mrs. Lin explained the incident at the guild. It is inconvenient to disclose the details, but whether it is sufficiently detailed is a matter of opinion!"

Another member of the guild also pointed out: "In fact, the Chief Executive has already explained that it was an administrative staff who made a mistake and had already "severely criticized" the relevant person. Of course, when the Chief Executive explained, I can't remember whether Mrs. Ye was present or not! "

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