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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1992
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HOWEVER, HE SAID: "IN IMPLEMENTING THE SGT SCHEME, A NUMBER MEASURES WILL BE TAKEN TO HELP THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT MONITOR WHETHER THE ADDITIONAL SGT POSTS ARE USED AS INTENDED FOR THE WHOLE SCHOOL APPROACH.
THESE INCLUDED ENSURING, THROUGH CIRCULARS ΤΟ HEAD-TEACHERS, THAT THE DUTIES OF SGTS WERE EXPLICITLY SPELLED OUT, AND THE REGIONAL OFFICER-IN-CHARGE OF THE STUDENT GUIDANCE SECTION MAINTAINING FREQUENT CONTACTS WITH HEAD-TEACHERS THROUGH SCHOOL VISITS AND MEETINGS, AS WELL AS REGULAR MEETINGS WITH SGTS.
"IF THE POSTS WERE FOUND NOT TO BE USED APPROPRIATELY, WOULD BE WITHDRAWN," MR CHAN ADDED.
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GUIDELINES FOR POST-RETIREMENT EMPLOYMENT EXPLAINED
EXISTING
THE GOVERNMENT HAD NO PLANS TO FURTHER TIGHTEN THE POLICY GUIDELINES FOR SENIOR CIVIL SERVANTS TO TAKE UP POST-RETIREMENT EMPLOYMENT, THE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE, MR BARRIE WIGGHAM, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
HE SAID UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE TWO PENSIONS ORDINANCES, A RETIRED OFFICER REQUIRED THE GOVERNOR'S PRIOR APPROVAL BEFORE TAKING UP ANY POST-RETIREMENT EMPLOYMENT OR ENGAGING IN ANY BUSINESS ACTIVITY, THE PRINCIPAL PART OF WHICH WAS CARRIED ON IN HONG KONG, WITHIN TWO YEARS OF HIS RETIREMENT,
"IN THE CASE OF AN OFFICER AT SECRETARY LEVEL OR ABOVE THE PERIOD IS FIVE YEARS," HE SAID.
"NON-COMPLIANCE WITH THIS REQUIREMENT MAY RESULT IN THE SUSPENSION OF PENSION."
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON EMILY LAU, MR WIGGHAM NOTED THAT AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON POST-RETIREMENT EMPLOYMENT HAD BEEN SET UP SINCE OCTOBER 1987 TO CONSIDER AND ADVISE THE GOVERNOR ALL INDIVIDUAL APPLICATIONS FROM DIRECTORATE OFFICERS AND ON ANY OTHER APPLICATIONS WHICH MIGHT BE REFERRED TO IT BY THE SECRETARY THE CIVIL SERVICE.
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THE BASIC PRINCIPLE IS THAT THERE SHOULD BE NO IMPROPRIETY THE PROPOSED APPOINTMENT, THAT IS, THERE SHOULD BE NO CONFLICT WITH THE PUBLIC INTEREST.
IN THIS RESPECT, ACCOUNT WOULD BE TAKEN OF WHETHER THE OFFICER HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN POLICY FORMULATION OR DECISION, THE EFFECTS OF WHICH COULD HAVE BENEFITTED HIS PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYER; WHETHER THE PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYER MIGHT GAIN AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE OVER COMPETITORS BECAUSE OF THE OFFICER'S PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE; THE PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF THE OFFICER TAKING UP THE PROPOSED APPOINTMENT; AND ESPECIALLY FOR SENIOR OFFICERS, WHETHER THE PROPOSED APPOINTMENT WOULD RESULT IN AN UNDESIRABLY HIGH PUBLIC PROFILE.
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