This morning (2nd), the Legislative Council passed the New Democracy Party's Li Zijing's motion to "reform the civil service system and improve government efficiency". Members of the Legislative Council successively criticized the poor performance of civil servants.
After the passage of the motion, Li Zijing said that in the past, the number of civil servants who were frozen, dismissed, and punished due to performance problems was very small. In the future, the government must think more about how to reform the civil service system.
The Secretary for the Civil Service, Nip Tak-kuen, said that the promotion of civil servants is based on objective criteria, including character, talent and experience. He stressed that promotion of civil servants should not be "stools", and that promotion is not a reward for long-term service in civil servants.
He said that in the past five years, a total of 155 civil servants have been dismissed, including 51 in 2021/22 alone. I hope everyone will not mistake civil servants for iron jobs.
Nie Dequan said that the promotion of civil servants is based on objective criteria, including character, talent and experience, and should not be "queued".
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Civil servants Lin Suwei advocates eliminating the inferior by 10%, Zhou Xiaosong criticizes subjectivity: Is it difficult to hold officials accountable for being a public servant?
Li Zijing pointed out that lawmakers have different opinions on the promotion and remuneration systems of civil servants, especially the various phenomena in the fifth wave of the epidemic, which has caused the society to pay attention to the civil service system.
Nie Dequan pointed out that the government attaches great importance to the conduct of civil servants. For individual civil servants who are suspected of breaking the law or discipline, the authorities will deal with them seriously according to the mechanism.
He said that in the five financial years from 2017/18 to 2021/22, a total of 1,124 civil servants were subject to disciplinary action and punishment for committing serious misconduct or criminal offences, of which 155 were dismissed, only for 2021/22 There are 51 people. I hope everyone will not mistakenly think that civil servants are iron rice bowls.
He mentioned that even if there is no violation of law or discipline, if the relevant officer continues to perform poorly, or for some reason, the government loses confidence in his public office, he may, in accordance with section 12 of the Public Service (Administration) Order, in the public interest, There will be 70 such cases in 2021, involving officers who refuse to sign the declaration, to retire civil servants and terminate their employment.
Civil servants Lin Suwei advocates eliminating the inferior by 10%, Zhou Xiaosong criticizes subjectivity: Is it difficult to hold officials accountable for being a public servant?
Former Deputy Commissioner of Police Kwok Yam-shu was the first dean of the Civil Servant College. Salary is reasonable, but will not mechanically follow the net indicators for civil servants to adjust their salaries. Nie Dequan agrees that the net indicators objectively reflect that the market will take into account various factors for civil servants to adjust their salaries. The labor union promotes adjustment according to the mechanism, which refers to combating morale. ︱Citizen Power Survey: 78% oppose the inclusion of the high-level salary increase advocacy reform mechanism into KPIs
