THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1982
12
+WHAT WE ARE SAYING TO THE SUBVENTED ORGANISATIONS IS THAT OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO SEE THAT PUBLIC FUNDS ARE WELL SPENT - THAT THE TUBLIC OF HONG KONG IS PROVIDED WITH THE SERVICE
HAT THEY PAVE PAID FOR WITH THEIR OWN HARD EARNED MONEY,+ DR LAM SAID.
TURNING TO CRITICISMS THAT THE STAFF OF SUBVENTED HOSPITALS ARE GETTING A RAW DEAL AND THAT THEY SHOULD BE GIVEN THE SAME RECOGNITION AND FRINGE BENEFITS AS THEIR GOVERNMENT COUNTERPARTS, OR LAM SAID THERE ARE ADVANTAGES THE STAFF OF THESE HOSPITALS ENJOY WHICH THEIR GOVERNMENT COLLEAGUES DO NOT.
DR LAM SAID STAFF IN SUBVENTED HOSPITALS CAN BE EMPLOYED OR CHOSEN FOR THEIR EXPERTISE IN A PARTICULAR JOB, WHEREAS THEIR COUNTERPARTS IN GOVERNMENT ARE SUBJECT TO TRANSFERS AND CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS.
AS FOR THE PROFESSIONAL STAFF, ESPECIALLY DOCTORS, DR LAM SAID THEY HAVE THE OPTION OF CHOOSING THEIR OWN HOSPITAL TO WORK IN AND ARE NOT SUBJECTED TO TRANSFERS TO SOME OUTLANDISH POSTS WHICH DOCTORS IN THE CIVIL SERVICE FACE AT ALL PERIODS OF THEIR EMPLOYMENT.
+THEIR TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE MAY NOT BE THE SAME AS THEIR GOVERNMENT COUNTERPART, BUT THEY ARE AS NEAR AS CAN BE EQUATED, TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THAT SOME OF THE 30-CALLED FRINGE BENEFITS THAT DOCTORS WORKING IN THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT GET, ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM NOT AS DOCTORS BUT AS SERVANTS OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT, + SAID DR LAM.
+UNLESS THESE ORGANISATIONS CHOSE, OF THEIR OWN FREE WILL. TO COME UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE CIVIL SERVICE AND BE SUBJECT TO ALL THE RIGID REGULATIONS AND SOME OF THE BAFFLING BUREAUCRACY OF THE ESTABLISHMENT, I CANNOT SEE A WAY OUT OF THIS IMPASSE,+ HE ADDED.
DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION TAKES UP ADDITIONAL DUTIES
*****
THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR COLVYN HAYE, WILL TAKE ON THE ADDITIONAL DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION FROM TOMORROW (FRIDAY) UNTIL SEPTEMBER 3, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY.
DURING THIS PERIOD, THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION, MR KENNETH TOPLEY WILL BE ON LEAVE.
/1: