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Question No 2
Reply by the Chief Secretary
to a question by Dr Hon Kim Cham
in the Legislative Council on 14 January 1986
the
Question: Will Government inform this Council of
policy regarding the adoption of the "alternate Saturday-off system" for staff of certain Government departments?
sir,
In the civil service, heads of departments or
government agencies have the authority to decide whether
to adopt the "alternate Saturday-off system" in respect of
or all of their staff. In · considering the
introduction of this system, they must ensure that -
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first, the efficiency of their organisations is
not adversely affected;
second, the hours of work of the staff involved,
as stipulated in their conditions of employment,
are not reduced; and
third, services to the public are not impaired.