Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor announced the last "policy address" during his term at the beginning of the month, in which he requested the Secretary for Civil Service to review the current selection and appointment mechanism for high-level civil service posts in the next few months in accordance with the principle of "living for those who can live."
When the Secretary for Civil Service Nie Dequan attended a meeting of the Legislative Council Committee today (19th), he was asked whether he would worry about reducing the number of civil servants applying for the National Security Act as the National Security Act was included in the entrance examination requirements. Nie emphasized that civil servants are required to know the National Security Act. It is "good need" and "good reason," and it is also said that he is most concerned about whether he can "please people" rather than the number of civil servants applying for examinations.
Nie Dequan attended the policy briefing of the Legislative Council's Civil Service and Subvented Staff Affairs Committee. He said that the Civil Service Bureau will review the current selection and appointment mechanism for high-level civil service posts in the next few months, including whether there is room for expansion. The grades and ranks that can be promoted to these positions also mentioned that the SAR government has strengthened the training of civil servants on the country’s Constitution, Basic Law and National Security Law.
With the establishment of the Civil Service College at the end of this year and the resumption of personnel exchanges between Hong Kong and the Mainland, the breadth and depth of training in relevant areas will continue to increase.
Ye Liu: In the new era, administrative officials must be transformed "I don't want to do it"
The New Democratic Party chairman Ye Liu Shuyi, who is an administrative official, said that in recent years, civil servants have been criticized for thinking that administrative officials should be the leadership of the government, but people feel that they are "not patriotic," inaction, and irresponsible. For example, during the legislative turmoil. Clean up the "Lennon Wall".
She pointed out that this culture of administrative officials is due to historical reasons. In the past, the British Hong Kong government only trained administrative officials as "executors" and untrained administrative officials as "leaders." The decision to accept boat people, etc., was also made by the Governor of Hong Kong and handed over to civil servants for execution. He criticized the British Hong Kong government for pushing "political neutrality" on the eve of the reunification.
Ip Liu Shuyi pointed out that many civil servants are worried about the creation of a large number of "commissioner" positions and the new selection and appointment mechanism in the future, and that they may affect their promotion opportunities. They are also worried about the difficulty of cooperating with people from different cultures and backgrounds in their work.
Ye Liu also pointed out that it is not a bad thing for more people to resign as civil servants and not to sign the declaration. He said bluntly: "You don't accept the new system and new culture, you don't want to do it." She thinks the government should make it clear that it has a clear understanding of administrative officials and department heads. No request. If the administrative officer doesn't like the new request, he should resign, "I don't want to do it!" He thinks Nie Dequan should lead the civil service system, and said to himself, "I have changed my style, everyone can change."
Nie Dequan refers to public servants who are used to pushing new policies to "fight defensive waves"
Nie Dequan said that he completely agrees with Ye Liu's statement and believes that the background and reasons that constitute today's civil servant culture should be faced squarely.
He believes that in the past, based on political, social and institutional factors, when many civil servants introduced new policies, they had already thought about how to "fight the defensive wave", because they were thinking about how to be "raised" by the parliament, how society would oppose them, and whether anyone would ask for judicial review. , Was labelled as "collusion between officials and businessmen," etc., but believed that after the implementation of the National Security Law and patriots ruling Hong Kong, civil servants could be more proactive in solving problems.
Nie Dequan also mentioned political neutrality controversy, saying that the term political neutrality has caused many misunderstandings. He emphasized that the government has clarified during the oath of civil servants and clearly pointed out that joining a civil servant requires full loyal support for the chief executive and the government's governance. There is no "not helping the government" at the same time. Don’t help the right family."
Liang Zhixiang: Teacher social worker "pays food against the government"
The Democratic Alliance for Betterment of Hong Kong pointed out that in the past two years, the government had a lot of redundant staff. Some civil servants were "satisfied" and "sending food" to oppose the government. Think deeply about how to make civil servants serve the society wholeheartedly and at the same time stabilize the system.
Nie Dequan pointed out that the civil service team must serve the society wholeheartedly. With the implementation of the National Security Law, the "improvement of the electoral system" and the implementation of "patriots ruling Hong Kong", the "Benefiting the People Proposal" can finally be passed in the Legislative Council, describing it as "so satisfying." , I often tell my colleagues that working under the new system may be even harder, because "before I got a good deal of water and sweat, and after my hard work, I was raped and scolded by others." Now I need to do a good job. Going to work makes the work stand up to questions, but it is worth emphasizing that this kind of "body sweat and sweat" is worth it.
Member of the financial sector, Chen Zhenying, is concerned about why the "National Security Law" includes the content of the civil service entrance examination and must be postponed until the middle of next year.
Nie Dequan explained that this is not a question of efficiency, but a question of test cycle.
Nie Dequan met with reporters after the meeting and pointed out that Hong Kong has an adequate supply of new crown vaccines. The current vaccination rate is 67.8%. He hopes that the public encourages the elderly to get vaccinated as soon as possible.
The Joint Scientific Committee of the Center for Health Protection will meet next Wednesday (27th) to discuss the third dose of vaccination. Nie said that the third dose of vaccination is still subject to expert review and recommendations, and the Food and Health Bureau will ultimately decide.
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Nie Dequan: Civil servants are the backbone of the government, saying to colleagues "Be brave to take responsibility and be good at acting." Civil servants must take the National Security Law for entry. Liang Choi said that the threshold limits the increase in the attractiveness of civil servant positions. Chairman of the Civil Service Association: Senior officials should have breakthrough thinking and agree that special positions should be recruited for senior civil servants and accountable directors. Both should "have the ability to live". Policy address | To ensure that senior civil servants can live in Nie Dequan: Only individual positions are open to recruit candidates for administrative officers Reduce 30% and continue to fall. Nie Dequan: Serving public servants evaluate loyalty from a thinking point of view. Carrie Lam: Public servants should not only be loyal to their duties and dare to innovate. They can be promoted: senior public servants may not have the courage to enter the post. It is important to choose the "right person"
