Establishment Subcommittee

Record of Meeting held on 15 November 1995 at 10:45 a.m.
in the Legislative Council Chamber

Present:

    Hon Ronald ARCULLI, OBE, JP (Chairman)
    Hon SZETO Wah
    Hon CHAN Wing-chan
    Hon CHENG Yiu-tong
    Dr Hon LAW Cheung-kwok
    Hon TSANG Kin-shing

Non-ESC Member

    Hon IP Kwok-him

Absent:

    Hon Anthony CHEUNG Bing-leung (Deputy Chairman)
    Hon Allen LEE Peng-fei, CBE, JP
    Dr Hon David LI Kwok-po, OBE, LLD, JP
    Dr Hon Edward LEONG Che-hung, OBE, JP
    Hon CHEUNG Man-kwong
    Hon Michael HO Mun-ka
    Dr Hon HUANG Chen-ya, MBE
    Hon Emily LAU Wai-hing
    Hon Fred LI Wah-ming
    Dr Hon Samuel WONG Ping-wai, MBE, FEng, JP
    Hon James TIEN Pei-chun, OBE, JP
    Hon Andrew CHENG Kar-foo
    Hon Bruce LIU Sing-lee
    Hon Margaret NG
    Hon Mrs Elizabeth WONG CHIEN Chi-lien, CBE, ISO, JP

In attendance for specific items:

Mrs Sarah KWOK Principal Assistant Secretary for Security (Narcotics)
Dr W M CHAN, JP Assistant Director of Health
Mr Michael STONE, JP Deputy Secretary for the Civil Service
Mrs Alice LAI, JP Commissioner for Hong Kong Export Credit Insurance Corporation
Mr Francis HO, JP Deputy Secretary for Trade and Industry
Mr Simon LI, JP Senior Assistant Director of Housing
Mr CHEN Seng-tak Senior Maintenance Surveyor of Housing Department
Mr T L HSU, JP Director of Highways

In attendance:

Mr Alan LAI, JP Deputy Secretary for the Treasury

Mrs Lilian WONG

 Principal Executive Officer (LegCo Unit), Finance Branch
Miss Pauline NG Assistant Secretary General
Mrs Constance LI Clerk to the Establishment Subcommittee
Mr Andy LAU Senior Assistant Secretary (Finance Committee)

EC(95-96)57

Proposed retention of a supernumerary post of Principal Executive Officer (D1) in the 1996-97 draft Estimates in the Department of Health to facilitate the continued secondment of a government officer to the Society for the Aid and Rehabilitation of Drug Abusers as Executive Director

This item was voted on and endorsed.

EC(95-96)59

Proposed retention of a supernumerary post of Administrative Officer Staff Grade B1 (D4) in the 1996-97 draft Estimates under Head 46 to continue to second a civil servant to the Hong Kong Export Credit Insurance Corporation as Commissioner

2. This item was voted on and endorsed.

EC(95-96)56

Proposed retention of a supernumerary post of Administrative Officer Staff Grade C (D2) for the period up to 30 June 1997 in the Government Secretariat: Overseas Offices for the continued secondment of a government officer to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom Government

3. Responding to a Member’s question, the Deputy Secretary for the Civil Service advised that apart from the present post, there was no other directorate or non-directorate posts seconded from the Hong Kong Government to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

4. This item was voted on and endorsed.

EC(95-96)55

Proposed creation of a permanent post of Administrative Officer Staff Grade C (D2) in the Trade and Industry Branch offset by the deletion of a supernumerary post of Administrative Officer Staff Grade C (D2) in the Trade Department to accommodate an officer on secondment to the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Secretariat

5. On the need for seconding a government officer to the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Secretariat in Singapore, the Deputy Secretary for Trade and Industry advised that the secondment was supported by the Hong Kong Government in recognition of the importance for Hong Kong’s participation in and support of the APEC activities. Presently, 12 out of the 16 members of the APEC had adopted such a practice. As Hong Kong would continue to be a member of the APEC, a permanent post would be needed to demonstrate Hong Kong’s long term commitment to APEC’s activities.

6. This item was voted on and endorsed.

EC(95-96)58

Proposed creation of a permanent post of Chief Maintenance Surveyor (D1) to head a new Estate Management Maintenance Section under the Estate Management Branch of the Housing Department

7. This item was voted on endorsed.

EC(95-96)60

Proposed creation of a permanent post of Government Engineer (D2) in the Highways Department to strengthen the directorate structure of the Highways Department Headquarters

8. This item was voted on and endorsed.

9. The meeting ended at 11.00 a.m.

Legislative Council Secretariat
8 December 1995

Last Updated on 27 November 1998