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Chapter IV

Section 6

Public Service

Text proposed by the BLDC Special Groups

Article 1

*See Note 1 & 2

Article 2

Article 3

Article 4

Dee Note 3

"Public

of

servants" refer to all persons serving in the government departments of the Hong Kong SAR. (AS to whether those officers mentioned in Article 3 and members the judiciary are public servants, if the Basic Law contain separate provisions in the sections on "the executive authorities and

the

judiciary", corresponding additions or amendments will be made to this article.) * Public servants, save for those provided under Articles 4 and 5, must be permanent residents of the Hong Kong SAR.

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Public servants shall carry out their work dutifully, and shall be responsible to the Hong Kong SAR Government.

Principal officials of the Hong Kong SAR Government (equivalent to Secretaries) shall

shall be nominated by the chief executive of the Hong Kong SAR and appointed by the CPG. Apart from such officials, the Hong Kong SAR Government may employ public servants at all levels within government departments.

SAR,

in

After the establishment of the Hong Kong

public servants previously serving

all government departments in Hong Kong before the establishment of the Hong Kong SAR, including the police department, and members of the judiciary* may all remain in employment, continue their service

Article 1

Article 2

Article 3

Article 4

SECRET

Our proposed text

"Public servants" refer to any person serving in the government departments of the Hong Kong SAR. Save for those provided under Articles 4 and 5

the Public Special

Service

of

the

Administrative Region shall be composed of permanent residents of the

Hong

Special

Kong

Administrative Region.

Public servants shall carry out their work dutifully, and shall be responsible to

to the Hong Kong SAR

Government.

Principal officials of the Hong Kong SAR Government (equivalent to Secretaries) shall be nominated by the chief

chief executive of the Hong Kong SAR and appointed by the CPG. Apart from such officials, the Hong Kong SAR Government may employ public servants at all levels

government

departments.

within

Public servants previously serving in all

all government departments in Hong Kong before the establishment of the Hong Kong SAR, including the police department, may all remain in employment, continue their service and retain their seniority with pay, allowances, benefits and conditions of service no less favourable than before.

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