WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1993
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IF NECESSARY, RELOCATION WILL BE CONSIDERED.
ON CONTINGENCY PLANS, MR EASON SAID EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROCEDURES WERE DRAWN UP IN RESPECT OF EACH PHI BY THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT IN CONSULTATION WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES CONCERNED.
THE PLAN IS DISTRIBUTED TO ALL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES INVOLVED IN EMERGENCY OPERATIONS, AND WILL BE ACTIVATED WHEN REQUIRED.
THE LOCAL DISTRICT BOARD IS NORMALLY INFORMED OF THE MAIN: HAZARD ASSESSMENT FINDINGS, PROPOSED RISK MITIGATION MEASURES AND CONTINGENCY PLANS IN RESPECT OF INDIVIDUAL PHIS.
IN ORDER TO MAKE THE RELEVANT INFORMATION MORE READILY. AVAILABLE TO THE PROFESSIONALS CONCERNED AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC ALIKE, THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO INCORPORATE THE RISK GUIDELINES IN THE HONG KONG PLANNING STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES EARLY NEXT YEAR.
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EMPLOYMENT POLICY ON CIVIL SERVANTS LEAVING SERVICE EXPLAINED
WISHES TO TAKE UP
THE CRITERIA FOR OFFICER WHO RESIGNS AND PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYMENT DURING PRE-RESIGNATION LEAVE ARE THE SAME AS THOSE FOR OFFICERS SEEKING POST-RETIREMENT EMPLOYMENT.
ESSENTIALLY THESE CONCERN WHETHER THERE IS A CONFLICT WITH THE PUBLIC INTEREST.
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON CHRISTINE LOH IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY), THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE, MR STUART HARBINSON, SAID THE GOVERNMENT DID NOT CONSIDER IT REASONABLE, OR VERY PRACTICABLE, TO ATTEMPT TO CONTROL THE FUTURE EMPLOYMENT OF THOSE WHO HAD RESIGNED AND SEVERED THEIR LINKS WITH THE GOVERNMENT.
"I WOULD ADD HOWEVER THAT WE CAN AND DO EXERT CONTROL, IF APPROPRIATE, DURING ANY PERIOD OF FINAL LEAVE WHICH CAN BE A MATTER OF MONTHS.
"FURTHERMORE ALL FORMER CIVIL SERVANTS, WHETHER RETIRED OR RESIGNED, REMAIN SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE OFFICIAL SECRETS ACT (1989), AS EXTENDED TO HONG KONG, MR HARBINSON SAID.
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AT PRESENT, THE LONGEST SANITISATION PERIOD ADVISED BY THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON POST-RETIREMENT EMPLOYMENT ON AN INDIVIDUAL APPLICATION FOR POST-RETIREMENT IS TWO YEARS.
SO FAR, NO RETIRED OFFICER'S PENSION HAS BEEN SUSPENDED ON ACCOUNT OF HIS EMPLOYMENT IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
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