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(v) publicising, through the mass media, successful examples of schools

the particularly

adopting mother-tongue-teaching.

achievements of their students.

outstanding

The total cost of these activities is estimated at $2.6M.

Merits payments to Hospital Authority senior staff

Following is a question by the Ilon Chan Wing-chan and a reply by the Secretary for Health and Welfare, Mrs Katherine Fok, in the Legislative Council (Wednesday):

Question:

Will the Government inform this Council:

(a) whether merit payments are granted to senior executives of the Hospital Authority; if so, what are the criteria for granting such payments, which types of executives are eligible for receiving such payments, and what is the basis for determining the amount granted; and

(b) of the annual amount appropriated for such payments by the Hospital Authority over the past three years?

Reply:

Mr President,

The Chief Executive and Hospital Chief Executives are senior executives of the Hospital Authority whose remuneration contains a performance related element. Such payments are determined by assessment panels set up to evaluate the overall performance of individual executives in discharging their management duties and achieving agreed service targets.