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WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1989

BE

RESTRICTIONS BEING CONSIDERED ON CIVIL SERVANTS

BEING MEMBERS OF POLITICAL BODIES

MEMBERS OF

SHOULD

BODIES,

THE GOVERNMENT IS CONSIDERING WHETHER SOME RESTRICTIONS

POLITICAL IMPOSED ON CIVIL SERVANTS BEING PARTICULARLY AT THE SENIOR LEVEL, THE ACTING CHIEF SECRETARY, THE PIERS JACOBS, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

HON

RAPIDLY DEVELOPING MR JACOBS EXPLAINED THAT IN VIEW OF THE

ENSURE THAT GOVERNMENT POLITICAL SCENE, THE OVERALL AIM WAS: "TO

MAINTAIN BUSINESS IS AND IS SEEN TO BE CONDUCTED IMPARTIALLY, AND TO THE POLITICAL NEUTRALITY OF THE CIVIL SERVICE.

FI

CHOW, MR JACOBS IN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON RONALD

WAS POINTED OUT THAT AS FAR AS MEMBERSHIP OF POLITICAL ORGANISATIONS

ON CIVIL SERVANTS CONCERNED, THERE WAS AT PRESENT NO RESTRICTION JOINING ANY PROPERLY ORGANISED POLITICAL BODY.

A

WITH REGARD TO TAKING PART IN POLITICAL ACTIVITIES, HE SAID,

CIVIL SERVANTS FROM NUMBER OF REGULATIONS EXISTED TO DISCOURAGE PLAYING AN ACTIVE PART IN SUCH ACTIVITIES.

"THESE REGULATIONS DEAL WITH CONFLICT OF INTEREST, OUTSIDE WORK AND PUBLIC COMMENT ON ANY POLITICAL OR ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES WHICH ARE

MR JACOBS SAID. NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO AN OFFICER'S DUTIES,

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WERE DEBARRED FROM

HE ALSO POINTED OUT THAT CIVIL SERVANTS STANDING FOR ELECTION TO DISTRICT BOARDS AND THE MUNICIPAL COUNCILS BY THE ELECTORAL PROVISIONS ORDINANCE (CHAPTER 367).

ELECTION ΤΟ THE PROVISIONS)

THEY WERE ALSO DEBARRED FROM STANDING FOR LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (ELECTORAL ORDINANCE, MR JACOBS ADDED.

ACCESS FOR THE DISABLED IMPROVED

IN THE STANDARDS OF SINCE THE 19SUE OF A DESIGN LANDS DEPARTMENT, THE SECRETARY BARNES, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE

THERE HAS BEEN A NOTICEABLE IMPROVEMENT ACCESS PROVISION FOR THE HANDICAPPED MANUAL IN 1984 BY THE BUILDINGS AND

GRAHAM HON FOR LANDS AND WORKS, THE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

PAUL CHENG MING-FUN, MR THE DISABLED 1984". RECOMMENDED

REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON BARNES SAID THAT THE DESIGN MANUAL, "ACCESS FOR WAS A CODE OF PRACTICE WHICH INCLUDED BOTH OBLIGATORY AND DESIGN REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEVELOPERS.

"THIS STANDARD

IS HOWEVER

NOTABLY HIGHER IN LARGER DIFFICULT DEVELOPMENTS THAN IN SMALLER ONES. IN WHICH IT IS MUCH MORE

MR BARNES SAID. TO MAKE SPACE AVAILABLE,

THEREFORE,

IN

SOME

CASES

OBLIGATORY DESIGN REQUIREMENTS MIGHT BE PROVIDED IN SMALLER DEVELOPMENTS, HE ADDED.

ONLY

THE

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