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Supplementary to Question No

ment

in LegCo Meeting on 8.6.88

MISS TAM: Sir,

as the Chief Secretary has rightly

pointed out the advantages of spreading demand on public

transport services at peak hours, will the Government

consider adopting staggered working hours for the staff

of every government department once the core operating

hours are identified for a department so that the whole

scheme can be better structured and be more effective?

CHIEF SECRETARY: Sir, it is not appropriate for some

departments to introduce flexitime or staggered

working hours. It must be obvious that departments that

have heavy involvement with the public or disciplined

services are not appropriate for the use of flexitime.

Of the 42 departments who are not presently fitting into

those categories, 31 departments have already adopted some

form of flexitime or staggered hours, and I will be

approaching, as I have suggested, Sir, the remaining

departments to see whether we can encourage

staggered hours.

them to use

MR. POON CHI-FAI (in Cantonese):

from

Sir,

apart

extending

the

use of flexitime to government departments as well as

the commercial and private sectors, has the Government

extended the use of flexitime to schools? If so, how

effective has it been? And ifit is not effective, why is

it so?