Nip Takquan's remarks before leaving office: Serving Hong Kong's original intention remains unchanged. Lai Tung-kwok suggests changing the track to elect the Legislative Council

Civil Service Secretary Nip Takquan has not transitioned to the new government, and his term will expire on the 30th of this month.

He attended the meeting of the Legislative Council Committee on Civil Service and Subsidized Organizations Staff Affairs today (20th), which is believed to be the last meeting of the committee before the re-election. He thanked the committee for its support and exchanges over the past two years.

Lai Tung-kwok, a member of the Legislative Council of the New People's Party, who had served as Secretary for Security, even joked at the meeting that Nip Tak-quan could consider running for election to the Legislative Council like him and serve the society in another role.

Nie Dequan also pointed out after the meeting that his original intention of serving the public, building Hong Kong, and contributing to the country will not change, whether within or outside the government. It is unknown whether he intends to make other developments.

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Nie Dequan is about to leave the government accountability team, and many lawmakers thanked Nie Dequan for his contributions before speaking.

Chen Zhenying from the financial sector said with a smile that he knew that Nie Dequan would soon be able to enjoy his life, and praised him for his pleasant cooperation with MPs in the past and his ability to answer MPs' questions. He hoped to cooperate with him on other occasions in the future.

Huang Guo, chairman of the Federation of Trade Unions, also pointed out that Nie Dequan attached great importance to the communication with the trade union during his tenure, and wished him a happy life in the future.

Li Dongguo of the New Democratic Party also praised Nie Dequan for his great contribution, and I believe that members will miss him very much, joking that he can run for the Legislative Council, "I hope Secretary Nie will not rest well, there are still many places in Hong Kong society that you can make use of, hey. Do you have any interest in considering running for the Legislative Council?" But Nie Dequan did not respond to this statement.

Nie Dequan did not join the new government team.

(File photo/Photo by Zhang Haowei)

Nie: The selection of the director of the Information Office has reached the end and the work will be announced after the completion of the work.

At the meeting, the selection and appointment mechanism for senior civil service positions was discussed. The Government plans to implement a pilot scheme for external recruitment for some directorate positions.

Nie Dequan stated that there will only be insufficient competition within the government, or directorate positions that do not necessarily need to be filled by departmental personnel. Trial external recruitment. Most directorate positions are recruited and promoted internally, based on the principle of the ability to live.

At present, the post of Director of Information Services is still vacant. He pointed out that the selection process has come to an end and will be announced after the completion of the relevant work.

Nie Dequan also pointed out that at present, about 75% of directorate civil servants have received national affairs training courses, and the target is 100%. However, due to the epidemic situation in the past two years, the relevant courses have been suspended. The principle is that directorate civil servants should take relevant courses on a regular basis.

Rejection of new government team work

At the end of the meeting, the chairman of the committee, Kwok Wai-keung, on behalf of the committee, thanked Nip Tak-kuen for his work as Secretary for the Civil Service over the past two years, especially the proper handling of the oath of civil servants and the promotion of vaccination, which also yielded certain results. Accepting Mr. Lai's opinion, it is good to change the track and help the council, and I wish you a happy life and good health in the future."

Kwok Wai-keung also expressed his hope to continue to strengthen cooperation in the future to the Permanent Secretary of the Civil Service Bureau, Yeung Ho Pei-yin, who has attended the meeting and is about to be promoted to Secretary.

Nip Takquan responded, "I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Chairman and fellow members for their support to me and the Civil Service Bureau in the past, and the exchanges with all of you have been very pleasant. I hope that through exchanges, we can improve our civil service system. , so that the civil service team can better perform their important responsibilities in the implementation of one country, two systems."

After the meeting, Nie Dequan expressed his gratitude to the SAR and the central government for their trust and support. Having served in public office for decades, he was deeply honored and remembered for his work: "I will continue to stick to my post until the end of this government's term, whether within the government or Apart from the government, my original intention of serving the citizens, building Hong Kong, and contributing to the country will not change. I hereby call on the whole society to unite and support the new Chief Executive and the SAR government in line with the basic principles of safeguarding one country and giving full play to the two systems. To promote the steady and long-term development of one country, two systems, and lead Hong Kong into a new era of self-governance and prosperity, so I also wish the new government all the best.” He also thanked all civil servants for their efforts and contributions, “especially in the past two years with the My colleagues in the Civil Service Bureau who fought together, you have undertaken a lot of extra and arduous work in the fight against the epidemic, and you have made achievements, and I am very proud of you."

When asked if Li Jiachao, the incoming chief executive, had invited him to the new team, Nie Dequan said he would not discuss the new government's team formation work.

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