Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor announced today (12th) a plan to restructure the government. It is proposed to reorganize the current 13 policy bureaux to 15 policy bureaux. Among them, the Transport and Housing Bureau will be split into the Transport and Logistics Bureau and the Housing Bureau, and cultural and sports bureaus will be added. and Tourism Office.
Government sources said that the reorganization proposal proposed by the current government is to start discussions early so that the next government has room for reorganization, emphasizing that it is not an oversight, nor is it "hard food" for the next government, and changes can be made after the next chief executive is elected. .
The source said that the Home Affairs and Youth Affairs Bureau could review the future of the district councils and hope to complete them before the election of the district councils.
For some people who question why the Housing Bureau and the Development Bureau are not merged, the source pointed out that if the two bureaus are merged, there will be three permanent secretaries, and the scale of the new policy bureau will be too large.
Government sources said that the current district councils are incomplete and unable to function.
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News: The government has not finalized the decision on the district council and hopes to complete the review before the next election
Government sources said that currently the Housing Bureau has one permanent secretary and the Development Bureau has two. If the two bureaus are merged, the new policy bureau will have three permanent secretaries, which will be too large.
As for how not to merge the Planning and Lands Division under the Development Bureau, the source pointed out that the Planning and Lands Division and the Works Division under the Development Bureau have a close working relationship and have cultivated a tacit understanding. Influence.
The source pointed out that the Home Affairs and Youth Affairs Bureau can review the future of the District Council, hoping to complete it before the next election of the District Council.
According to the source, the government has not yet finalized the direction of the district council, but the district council is currently incomplete and unable to function. The government has not been able to consult the district through the district council and needs to be reviewed.
In addition, the Home Affairs and Youth Affairs Bureau will handle the work of youth in the "three industries and three policies" (i.e., study, employment, property purchase, deliberation, discussion, and participation in politics), as well as legislation on fake news.
It is recommended to set up a deputy director to coordinate large-scale planning, which can be directly under the director or chief executive
The government restructuring plan proposes that the post of Deputy Secretary may be established to provide a higher level of coordination for large-scale regional development such as the "Northern Metropolitan Region" and "Lantau of Tomorrow", as well as cross-departmental issues such as national security, climate change and human policy. .
The source said that who the Deputy Secretary reports to can be handled flexibly, either directly under the Chief Secretary for Administration or the Financial Secretary, or directly to the Chief Executive. In the end, it is up to the next Chief Executive to decide whether to appoint a Deputy Secretary.
The government proposes to bring the Housing Bureau and the Transport and Logistics Bureau under the supervision of the Financial Secretary. It is reported that the government hopes to use this reorganization to make the division of labor more evenly divided between the Chief Secretary for Administration and the Financial Secretary. In the past, 9 and 4 policies were supervised respectively. Bureau into supervised nine and six innings.
Observatory integration of environmental and ecological Bureau, sources means that the observatory work closely to address climate change.
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Environmental and Ecological Observatory satisfied Bureau integrate other garbage collection and recycling
Proposal, the Observatory replaced by Commerce and Economic Development Bureau into the environment and ecology, sources explained that the observatory work closely to address climate change, it is recommended into the Environment Agency.
As for the council to take over the currently belong to the Food and Health Bureau is responsible for environmental health and food safety policy, news that, at present, the department responsible for household waste collection, recycling the responsibility of the EPA, both may use the same operators, but signed different contracts, combining the two will bring economic benefits.
The Government also proposes to reset the post of Director of Environmental Protection, in order to alleviate the current operating pressures combined bureaux and departments.
Sources estimate that the two newly established policy bureaus will spend 16 million yuan each year, with a total annual increase of 32 million yuan. It is suggested that the number of permanent secretaries will remain unchanged after the reorganization, and the entire government structure will also have 18 permanent secretaries.
Structural reorganization｜Lam Cheng proposes to increase the number of Observatory to 15 policy bureaus, assign the Observatory to the Environment Bureau, and the Transport and Housing Bureau to split up the Policy Address 2021｜The government's major reorganization, the deputy director of research and establishment, is in charge of the New Territories North to increase the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau
