WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1993
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LOCAL OFFICERS WILL FILL PRINCIPAL OFFICIAL POSTS * * * * *
ALL
THE GOVERNMENT HAS REASSURED THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THAT FUTURE PRINCIPAL OFFICIAL POSTS WILL BE FILLED
QUALIFIED LOCAL OFFICERS IN GOOD TIME BEFORE 1997.
BY
TO DO THIS, IT IS DEVELOPING A POOL OF QUALIFIED LOCAL OFFICERS FROM WHOM FUTURE PRINCIPAL OFFICIALS CAN BE SELECTED.
OR
"THIS WILL NECESSITATE THE COMPULSORY PREMATURE RETIREMENT SUPERSESSION OF A NUMBER OF OVERSEAS PERMANENT AND PENSIONABLE OFFICERS OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, H THE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE, MRS ANSON CHAN, SAID IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON EMILY LAU WAI-HING IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
TO ENABLE ALL PRINCIPAL OFFICIAL POSTS ΤΟ BE FILLED BY QUALIFIED LOCAL OFFICERS BEFORE 1997, MRS CHAN NOTED THAT ANY OVERSEAS PERMANENT AND PENSIONABLE OFFICER HOLDING A SUBSTANTIVE RANK AT ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER STAFF GRADE A, IRRESPECTIVE
ANY CURRENT APPOINTMENT AS AN ACTING SECRETARY AND WHETHER HE 13 SUBSEQUENTLY PROMOTED TO SECRETARY LEVEL OR REMAINS IN HIS PRESENT SUBSTANTIVE RANK, IS LIKELY, AT SOME STAGE BEFORE 1997, EITHER TO BE DIRECTED RETIRE OR ΤΟ BE SUPERSEDED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE LIMITED COMPENSATION SCHEME.
"THE MAXIMUM COMPENSATION PAYABLE IS 4.76 TIMES THE ANNUAL SALARY OF A NON-DIRECTORATE OFFICER ON MASTER PAY SCALE SALARY POINT 45,
SHE SAID.
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"THIS CURRENTLY STANDS AT $2.7 MILLION AND ALL ELIGIBLE OFFICERS, INCLUDING DIRECTORATE OFFICERS, CANNOT RECEIVE COMPENSATION ABOVE THIS LIMIT."
THE LIMITED COMPENSATION SCHEME WAS APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL AND THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AFTER CONSULTATION WITH THE CHINESE AND THE STAFF ASSOCIATIONS CONCERNED.
IT PROVIDES A MECHANISM TO PREMATURELY RETIRE OR SUPERSEDE ABOUT 100 OVERSEAS OFFICERS, MAINLY IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE AND THE POLICE FORCE, WHERE NECESSARY, ON GROUNDS OF LOCALISATION OR CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE.
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