Establishment Subcommittee meeting

held on Wednesday, 11 June 2014 at 8:30 am in Conference Room 1

Record of decisions

 Paper Nos.SubjectDecisions
1.-Application for late membership

Negatived
(Division ordered -
Yes - 4
No - 9
Abstention - 0)

2.EC(2014-15)7 Proposed creation of three non-civil service positions of one Director of Bureau, one Deputy Director of Bureau and one Political Assistant to Director of Bureau and four permanent posts of one Administrative Officer Staff Grade A1 (D8), one Administrative Officer Staff Grade B (D3) and two Administrative Officer Staff Grade C (D2) to establish a new Innovation and Technology Bureau with effect from the commencement date of the resolution proposed to be passed under section 54A of the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance (Cap. 1) for the transfer of the statutory functions

Endorsed
(Division ordered -
Yes - 11
No - 2
Abstention - 1)

3.EC(2014-15)10 Proposed creation of one supernumerary post of Senior Principal Executive Officer (D2) and one permanent post of Principal Executive Officer (D1) in the Labour and Welfare Bureau and one permanent post of Administrative Officer Staff Grade B (D3) in the Student Financial Assistance Agency, to be renamed as Working Family and Student Financial Assistance Agency on 1 March 2015, for implementing the Low-income Working Family Allowance Scheme

Endorsed

4.EC(2014-15)8 Proposed upgrading the permanent post of Departmental Secretary from the rank of Principal Executive Officer (D1) to Senior Principal Executive Officer (D2) in the Leisure and Cultural Services Department to cope with the substantial growth in the responsibilities of Departmental Secretary both in terms of policy content and complexity

Endorsed

5.EC(2014-15)9 Proposed creation of one supernumerary post of Chief Engineer (D1) in the Civil Engineering and Development Department up to 31 March 2019 to strengthen its capability in driving the implementation of the mega integrated basement and government infrastructure projects for West Kowloon Cultural District

Endorsed