WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1990
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TO DRAW AND
"THE NATURE OF PUBLIC SECTOR WORK MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE ABSOLUTE CORRELATION BETWEEN CIVIL SERVICE PRODUCTIVITY COMPENSATION,
HE SAID.
NEVERTHELESS, TARGETS AND OBJECTIVES WERE SET WITHIN PROGRAMME POLICY AREAS, AND PERFORMANCE INDICATORS HAD INCREASINGLY BERN INCLUDED IN CONTROLLING OFFICERS' REPORTS IN THE ANNUAL ESTIMATES.
SIR DAVID SAID THE GOVERNMENT WAS ALSO MAKING STRENUOUS EFFORTS TO IMPROVE PRODUCTIVITY IN A NUMBER OF OTHER WAYS.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE MANAGEMENT SERVICES TEAMS WHICH HAD A STAFF OF OVER 100 WERE INVOLVED IN A SERIES OF TOP DOWN STUDIES WHICH REVIEWED DEPARTMENTS AS A WHOLE, THE DIRECTION THEY WERE TAKING AND THE ACTIVITIES THEY WERE INVOLVED IN.
MONTHS.
SO FAR,
10 TOP DOWN STUDIES HAD BEEN COMPLETED IN THE PAST 18
ANOTHER EXAMPLE CONCERNED THE ABOUT 30 VALUE FOR MONEY STUDIES THE GOVERNMENT WAS CURRENTLY CARRYING OUT.
MOREOVER, STRATEGIC REVIEWS OF THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENTS OF FOUR MAJOR DEPARTMENTS WERE TAKING PLACE AND MORE
WERE PLANNED.
"IN ADDITION WE HAVE INTRODUCED THE STAR CHAMBER AND THE RESOURCE ALLOCATION SYSTEM WHICH THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY WILL DESCRIBE IN HIS SPEECH LATER THIS AFTERNOON," SIR DAVID ADDED.
GOVT TO REVIEW PORNOGRAPHY LAW SOON
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THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO UNDERTAKE A REVIEW SHORTLY ON THE CURRENT LEGISLATION ON CONTROLLING PORNOGRAPHY IN THE TERRITORY DESPITE A HIGH SUCCESS RATE IN PROSECUTIONS.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS THE HON ADOLF HSU, IN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON MIRIAM LAU IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THERE
MR HSU STRESSED THAT THE REVIEW WAS TO ASCERTAIN WHETHER WERE ANY LOOPHOLES WHICH SHOULD BE PLUGGED, AND ΤΟ EXAMINE WHETHER ΤΗΣ LEGISLATION, IN BOTH LETTER AND SPIRIT, REFLECTED CURRENT ATTITUDES IN THE COMMUNITY.
MR HSU SAID THAT SINCE SEPTEMBER 1987 AND UP ΤΟ THE END OF FEBRUARY THIS YEAR, A TOTAL OF 515 CASES HAD BEEN PROSECUTED IN COURT, OF WHICH 453 CASES HAD BEEN CONVICTED, REPRESENTING A SUCCESS RATE OF 88 PER CENT.
/HE ADDED