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Special Branch officers

Following is a question by the Hon Cheung Man-kwong and a written reply by the Secretary for the Civil Service, Mr Michael Sze, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):

Question:

Regarding the police officers formerly deployed in the disbanded Special Branch who still work in the Police Force at point 47 and above of the Police Pay Scale, will the Government inform this Council of:

(a)

(b)

the age of such officers and their current posts, and how many of them have opted for the new pension scheme; and

a breakdown, by the category of police officers at point 47 and above of the Police Pay Scale who were previously posted to the Special Branch and those of the equivalent ranks who have never worked in the Special Branch, of the respective numbers of officers who are applying for and those who have been granted approval for early retirement in each of the past three years; and the annual percentages of the former out of the total number of officers in the ranks concerned?

Reply:

Mr President,

We have identified about 100 serving Police officers of the rank of Superintendent (Police Force Pt. 48) and above who have, in some stage of their careers, served in Special Branch. There are likely to be more, but we cannot provide an accurate figure without laboriously checking the personnel records of all serving Police officers in these ranks. As there are 457 Police officers in these ranks this would be a major undertaking.

For the reasons stated above, we are unable to provide the detailed breakdown requested. However, the general situation in respect of officers who have applied for early retirement in the ranks of Superintendent and above are set out below. All applications have been approved.