Permanent

Supernumerary

Total

Position including posts approved by Members on 21 February 1997

Item EC(96-97)60

-

-

-

Item EC(96-97)61

1

-

1

Item EC(96-97)62

1

-1

-

Item EC(96-97)63

-

-

-

Item EC(96-97)64

-

-

-

Item EC(96-97)65

-

2

2

Item EC(96-97)66

-

-

Item EC(96-97)67

2

-

2

Item EC(96-97)69

-

-

-

Item EC(96-97)70

-

-

-

Adjustment of post of civil servant working under the Hospital Authority

-1

-

-1

Total

1 417
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97
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1 514
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EC
Item
No.

Head of
Expenditure

Recommendation

EC(96-97)60

HEAD 92 -
LEGAL
DEPARTMENT

To recommend to Finance Committee the retention of the following posts from 1 April 1997 to 31 March 1998 -

1. nine Senior Crown Counsel posts offset by the deletion of nine Crown Counsel posts under the Double Ladder Scheme;

2. 14 supernumerary Assistant Principal Crown Counsel posts held against 14 Senior Crown Counsel posts under the Development Posts Scheme; and

   LI> four supernumerary Principal Crown Counsel posts held against four Deputy Principal Crown Counsel posts under the Succession Posts Scheme.

EC(96-97)61

HEAD 46 -
GENERAL EXPENSES
OF THE CIVIL
SERVICE

To recommend to Finance Committee the creation of the following permanent post in the Office of the Telecommunications Authority with effect from 23 March 1997 to head the Economic Regulation Division - 1 Assistant Director of Telecommunications
(D2) ($102,900 - $109,250)

EC(96-97)62

HEAD 186 -
TRANSPORT
DEPARTMENT

To recommend to Finance Committee the creation of the following permanent post in the Bus Development Branch to meet the increased complexity and volume of work -

1 Assistant Commissioner for Transport
(D2) ($102,900 - $109,250)

EC(96-97)63

HEAD 60 -
HIGHWAYS
DEPARTMENT

To recommend to Finance Committee the retention of the following supernumerary post up to 31 March 1999 in view of the current level of responsibility and span of the post -

1 Director of Highways
(D6) ($152,150)

held against the following permanent post -

1 Director of Highways
(D5) ($144,200)

EC(96-97)64

HEAD 110 -
TERRITORY
DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT

To recommend to Finance Committee the redeployment of the following permanent posts in the Development Offices to handle increasing project works on Hong Kong Island, North Lantau and the Northwest New Territories regions -

2 Chief Engineer
(D1) ($86,650 - $91,950)

EC(96-97)65

HEAD 118 -
PLANNING
DEPARTMENT

To recommend to Finance Committee the creation of the following supernumerary posts for two years in the Urban Renewal Division to cope with the increasing workload -

1 Government Town Planner
(D2) ($102,900 - $109,250)

1 Chief Town Planner
(D1) ($86,650 - $91,950)

EC(96-97)66

HEAD 40 -
EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT

To recommend to Finance Committee the lowering of the salary bar of the Assistant Education Officer rank from Master Pay Scale 27 to Master Pay Scale 22 for officers appointed on or after 1 September 1997 to improve the quality of secondary education.

EC(96-97)67

HEAD 150 -
GOVERNMENT
SECRETARIAT:
HOUSING BRANCH

To recommend to Finance Committee the creation of the following permanent posts in the new Housing Strategy Division to cope with the increase in the complexity and volume of work arising from the implementation of the recommendations of the Long Term Housing Strategy Review -

1 Administrative Officer Staff Grade C
(D2) ($102,900 - $109,250)

1 Chief Planning Officer
(D1) ($86,650 - $91,950)

EC(96-97)69

VARIOUS HEADS
OF EXPENDITURE

To recommend to Finance Committee the delegation of authority to Controlling Officers to create supernumerary posts, to be held against permanent posts of a lower pay scale, to accommodate staff whose office will be abolished upon the closure of Vietnamese Migrants Detention Centres to take up alternative employment within the Civil Service.

EC(96-97)70

HEAD 194 -
WATER SUPPLIES
DEPARTMENT

To recommend to Finance Committee the retention of the following supernumerary posts for one year to see through implementation of the main recommendations of a recent management review and its follow up studies -

1 Assistant Director of Water Supplies

(D2) ($102,900 - $109,250)

1 Chief Engineer

(D1) ($86,650 - $91,950)