Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region - Finance Committee (Results) 1 February 2019

Finance Committee Meeting

held on Friday, 1 February 2019, from 2:30 pm to 7:00 pm

Record of decisions

Item	Paper No.	Subject			Decisions
1.	FCR(2018-19)73	RECOMMENDATION OF THE ESTABLISHMENT SUBCOMMITTEE MADE ON 19 DECEMBER 2018			Approved (Division ordered - Yes - 36 No - 14 Abstention - 4)
	EC(2018-19)17	Creation of two permanent posts of Principal Government Counsel (DL3), one each in the Civil Division and the Law Drafting Division of the Department of Justice to better cope with the substantial increase in workload arising from the existing and new initiatives in the two Divisions
2.	FCR(2018-19)74	HEAD 156 – GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT: EDUCATION BUREAU Subhead 700 General non-recurrent New Item "Funding Support to the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority"			Approved
3.	FCR(2018-19)76	CAPITAL WORKS RESERVE FUND HEAD 710 – COMPUTERISATION Social Welfare Department New Subhead "Redevelopment of Client Information System" New Subhead "Redevelopment of Service Performance Management Information System"			Approved
4.	FCR(2018-19)77	RECOMMENDATION OF THE ESTABLISHMENT SUBCOMMITTEE MADE ON 9 JANUARY 2019			Approved
	EC(2018-19)18	Creation of four permanent judicial posts of Deputy Registrar, High Court (JSPS 13) in the Judiciary to strengthen the judicial establishment at that level of court and one permanent civil service post of Principal Executive Officer (D1) to enhance support to the Deputy Judiciary Administrator (Operations)'s Office of the Operations Division of the Judiciary Administration (Jud Adm); and retention of one supernumerary civil service post of Administrative Officer Staff Grade C (D2) to continue providing support for the Development Office of the Development Division of the Jud Adm
5.	FCR(2018-19)79	RECOMMENDATION OF THE ESTABLISHMENT SUBCOMMITTEE MADE ON 23 JANUARY 2019			Approved
	EC(2018-19)20	Rationalisation of one permanent post of Chief Telecommunications Engineer (D1) to one Chief Regulatory Affairs Manager (D1) in the Office of the Communications Authority for coping with the workload of regulating the telecommunications sector arising from the increasingly intertwining technical and economic regulatory issues of much greater diversities and complexities
6.	FCR(2018-19)78	CAPITAL WORKS RESERVE FUND HEAD 710 – COMPUTERISATION Buildings Department New Subhead "Electronic Submission Hub"			Approved