Supplementary to Question No. 2
in LegCo Meeting on 14.1.87
Mr. CHAM : Sir, for offices other than the Registration of
Persons' Office, how do Government ensure that the services to
the public are not affected bearing in mind that the demand for
services fluctuates and is there any system to monitor this?
to
ensure
Chief Secretary : Sir, the system is monitored by the heads of
departments and where there are services to the public
involved, departments have contingency arrangements
that staff may be deployed from other divisions in case
exceptionally large crowds develop.
Miss DUNN
Sir, what is the rationale for this policy,
bearing in mind that most companies in the private sector do
not have this arrangement?
Chief Secretary : Sir, the system has been in operation for
some time and the point I would like
like to stress is that the
system does not affect the total hours of work worked by staff
over a period of a fortnight. They are not allowed to reduce
their total working hours and the system enables office staff,
providing the service to the public is not impaired, to
occasionally enjoy a longer weekend.
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