FCR(98-99)77

For discussion
on 12 March 1999

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(98-99)19, 23 to 31, and 33 were recommended by ESC at its meetings on 10 February 1999 and 11 February 1999 respectively. On EC(98-99)29, the Administration revised the proposal to retaining a supernumerary post of Administrative Officer Staff Grade C (D2) for nine months with effect from 1 April 1999, which the ESC endorsed. The relevant papers considered by the ESC have previously been forwarded to all Members 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 -

Enclosure to FCR(98-99)77

Summary of the Recommendations of the Establishment Subcommittee
discussed at the meetings on 10 February 1999 and 11 February 1999


EC
Item
No.		Head of
Expenditure		Recommendation
EC(98-99)19* HEAD 92 -
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 		To recommend to Finance Committee the creation of the following permanent post in the Prosecutions Division to head a new Sub-division and to deal with the Court of Final Appeal and related cases -

1 Principal Government Counsel (DL3)
($127,900 - $135,550)

EC(98-99)23* HEAD 118 - PLANNING DEPARTMENT To recommend to Finance Committee the retention of the following supernumerary posts from 21 March 1999 to the date of the dissolution of the Land Development Corporation or 30 June 2000, whichever is the earlier, to cope with the workload associated with the urban renewal initiatives and projects of the Land Development Corporation -

1 Government Town Planner
(D2) ($116,650 - $123,850)

1 Chief Town Planner
(D1) ($98,250 - $104,250)

EC(98-99)24* HEAD 80 -
JUDICIARY 		To recommend to Finance Committee the revision of the pay scale of the Special Magistrate grade from $56,540 - $59,325 to $56,540 - $66,800; and the designation of specific pay points for the Judicial Service Pay Scale.

EC(98-99)25*HEAD 80 -
JUDICIARY 		To recommend to Finance Committee -

  1. the creation of the following new rank -

    Deputy Registrar, High Court
    ($127,900 - $135,550)

  2. the consequent retitling of the existing rank of Deputy Registrar, High Court ($136,400 - $144,750) to Senior Deputy Registrar, High Court; and

  3. the creation of the following permanent posts -

    5 Deputy Registrar, High Court
    ($127,900 - $135,550)

    to be offset by the deletion of the following permanent posts -

    2 Senior Deputy Registrar, High Court
    ($136,400 - $144,750)

    subsequent to a review of the establishment of Deputy Registrar, High Court in the Master's Office, their portfolios and levels of responsibilities.

EC(98-99)26# HEAD 60 -
HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT 		To recommend to Finance Committee the creation of the following supernumerary posts -

  1. for a period of two years -

    1 Principal Government Engineer
    (D3) ($127,900 - $135,550); and

  2. for a period of six years -

    2 Chief Engineer
    (D1) ($98,250 - $104,250)

    to head the Railway Development Office and its new Railway Division (2) and Technical Services Division respectively.

EC(98-99)27#HEAD 60 -
HIGHWAYS
DEPARTMENT		To recommend to Finance Committee the creation of the following supernumerary posts for a period of six years to head a new office in the Major Works Project Management Office and a new division responsible for a package of major highway projects -

1 Government Engineer (D2)
($116,650 - $123,850)

2 Chief Engineer(D1)
($98,250 - $104,250)

EC(98-99)28#HEAD 40 -
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT 		To recommend to Finance Committee the creation of the following supernumerary post for a period of two years with effect from 1 April 1999 to provide strategic support for planning and managing the reform of the Department -

1 Administrative Officer Staff Grade B
(D3) ($127,900 - $135,550)

EC(98-99)29#HEAD 145 -
GOVERNMENT
SECRETARIAT :
ECONOMIC
SERVICES
BUREAU 		To recommend to Finance Committee the retention of the following supernumerary post for a period of nine months with effect from 1 April 1999 to deal with policy matters relating to civil aviation and the new airport -

1 Administrative Officer Staff Grade C
(D2) ($116,650 - $123,850)

EC(98-99)30#HEAD 168 -
HONG KONG
OBSERVATORY		To recommend to Finance Committee the retention of the following supernumerary post for a period of one year with effect from 1 April 1999 to ensure the smooth operation of meteorological systems for the second runway and the Backup Air Traffic Control Complex, and to undertake further development of the existing meteorological systems at the airport -

1 Assistant Director of the Hong Kong Observatory
(D2) ($116,650 - $123,850)

EC(98-99)31#HEAD 43 -
CIVIL
ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT		To recommend to Finance Committee -

  1. the redeployment of the following permanent posts to effect the necessary redistribution of responsibilities

    -3 Government Engineer (D2)
    ($116,650 - $123,850)
    4 Chief Engineer
    (D1) ($98,250 - $104,250); and

  2. the creation of the following permanent post to head a new Housing Sites Division -

    1 Chief Engineer
    (D1) ($98,250 - $104,250)

EC(98-99)33#HEAD 118 -
PLANNING
DEPARTMENT		To recommend to Finance Committee the creation of the following permanent post to head a Housing Task Force -

1 Chief Town Planner
(D1) ($98,250 - $104,250)


Notes -

* Papers considered by the Establishment Subcommittee on 10 February 1999.

# Papers considered by the Establishment Subcommittee on 11 February 1999.