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The Government issued in August 1994 a set of procedural guidelines to all departments for carrying out integrity checks in the course of recruitment and promotion. The procedural guidelines were prepared in consultation with the Attorney General's Chambers and are not inconsistent with the provisions of the Hong Kong Bill of Rights Ordinance (Cap. 383) which incorporates the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights as applied in Hong Kong.

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Additional work involved in VM repatriation programme

Following is a question by the Hon Law Cheung-kwok and a written reply by the Secretary for Security, Mr Peter Lai, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):

Question:

Regarding the agreement of the Vietnamese Government to accept more returnees under the Orderly Repatriation Programme, will the Administration inform this Council:

Reply:

(a)

(b)

Mr President,

of the staff deployment which the departments concerned have to make to cope with the work in connection with the above; and

whether the staff in the departments concerned are required to work overtime to handle the additional workload; if so, what the number and grades of staff are and whether the Administration is aware of the views of the staff concerned on such overtime work?

The acceleration of the Orderly Repatriation Programme will give rise to a demand for more manpower, principally in the Police Force, Correctional Services Department, the Immigration Department and the Security Branch of the Government Secretariat. This additional manpower, as and when required, will be made available by internal redeployment and overtime work. Officers of various grades and ranks are involved. However, it is not possible to give a precise breakdown of the grades and number of staff affected. The staff concerned accept the need to accelerate the repatriation of the Vietnamese migrants and are prepared to carry out the additional work involved.

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