For discussion
FCR(97-98)53
on 14 November 1997
ITEM FOR FINANCE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE ESTABLISHMENT SUBCOMMITTEE
At the Enclosure is a summary of the recommendations of the Establishment Subcommittee (ESC).
2.Agenda items EC(97-98)24 to 29 were recommended by ESC at its meeting on 22 October 1997. The relevant papers have previously been forwarded to all Members for consideration and are therefore not enclosed.
3.Members are invited to approve the ESC recommendations.
4.The up-to-date position of the establishment of directorate posts in the civil service is as follows -
|
Permanent |
Supernumerary |
Total
|
| Position including postsapproved by Members on 31 October 1997
|
1 441 |
78 |
1 519
|
| Item EC(97-98)24 |
- |
1 |
1
|
| Item EC(97-98)25 |
- |
- |
-
|
| Item EC(97-98)26 |
1 |
- |
1
|
| Item EC(97-98)27 |
- |
- |
-
|
| Item EC(97-98)28 |
- |
- |
-
|
| Item EC(97-98)29 |
- |
- |
-
|
|
Total | 1 442
| 79 | 1 521
|
Finance Bureau
October 1997
Enclosure to FCR(97-98)53
Summary of the Recommendations of the
Establishment Subcommittee discussed at the meeting on 22 October 1997
EC
ItemNo. |
Head of
Expenditure |
Recommendation
|
| EC(97-98)24 |
HEAD 80-
JUDICIARY |
To recommend to Finance Committee the creation of the following supernumerary post up to 28 September 2000 to take over the judicial work of a Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court who has been appointed as the Chairman of the Electoral Affairs Commission -
1 Judge of the Court of First Instance
($181,050)
|
| EC(97-98)25 |
HEAD 46-
GENERAL
EXPENSES
OF THE CIVIL
SERVICE
(Hong Kong
ExportCredit
Insurance
Corporation)
|
To recommend to Finance Committee the retention of the following supernumerary post in the Civil Service Bureau of the Government Secretariat for the period up to 31 March 2000 in order to enable the continued secondment of a suitable officer to the Hong Kong Export Credit Insurance Corporation -
1 Administrative Officer Staff Grade B1
(D4) ($145,150 - $149,600)
|
| EC(97-98)26 |
HEAD 37-
DEPARTMENT
OF HEALTH |
To recommend to Finance Committee the creation of the following permanent posts in order to improve departmental administration -
1 Senior Principal Executive Officer
(D2) ($110,000 - $116,800)
1 Principal Executive Officer
(D1) ($92,650 - $98,300)
offset by the deletion of the following permanent posts -
1 Administrative Officer Staff Grade C
(D2) ($110,000 - $116,800)
1 Chief Executive Officer
(MPS 45-49) ($72,135 - $83,105)
|
| EC(97-98)27 |
HEAD 90-
LABOUR
DEPARTMENT
|
To recommend to Finance Committee the retention of the following supernumerary post for the period up to 30 June 1998 in order to enable the continued secondment of a suitable officer to the Employees Retraining Board -
1 Assistant Commissioner for Labour
(D2) ($110,000 - $116,800)
|
| EC(97-98)28 |
HEAD 91-
LANDS
DEPARTMENT
|
To recommend to Finance Committee the increase in the ceiling placed on the total notional annual mid-point salary value of all non-directorate posts in the permanent establishment of the Lands Department in 1997-98 from $978,809,000 by $9,201,000 to $988,010,000 to permit the creation of 25 non-directorate posts.
|
| EC(97-98)29 |
HEAD 37-
DEPARTMENT
OF HEALTH
|
To recommend to Finance Committee the retention of the following supernumerary post in the 1998-99 draft Estimates to facilitate the continued secondment of a Principal Executive Officer to the Society for the Aid and Rehabilitation of Drug Abusers as Executive Director -
1 Principal Executive Officer
(D1) ($92,650 - $98,300)
|
