Subject
Object
(b) Welfare
Assistants
(c) Survey
Officers,
Land &
Engineering
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Latest Position
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Following the advice by departmental management that processing of Old Age Allowance cases was part of their normal duties, the Welfare Assistants Association agreed to resume this duty but refused to perform 20 types of other clerical duties. Impact of this action was minimal. Health & Welfare Branch and Civil Service Branch are jointly examining the implications of a manpower review conducted by Finance Branch.
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The departmental management is maintaining a dialogue with staff on the creation of promotion posts. Services to the public have not been adversely affected.
Hlei Ling Chau
Incident
To institute discipli- nary action against
five staff members of
the Correctional
Services Department
responsible for the
alleged use of unneces·
sary force on the Vietnamese Boat People
in Hei Ling Chau on
19 July 1988.
AGC donfirmed that the disciplinary proceedings on the Chief Officer (who was found "not guilty') were properly conducted and the findings supported by evidence. The Commissioner of Correctional Services considers that the case may now be closed.