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HONG KONG

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL 15 February 1989 香港立法局———————————一九八九年二月十五日

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運輸司答:主席先生,九廣鐵路公司於一九八二年成立,是一個獨立的法定機構,負責執行九廣 鐵路公司條例所規定的工作及職責。

設立該公司的目的,在於提供一個適當的體制,使九廣鐵路公司能按商業原則靈活經營,以便 對市場需求的轉變作出迅速回應,和提供現代化鐵路應有的一切服務。基於同樣原因,該公司亦 獲授權靈活處理屬下員工的薪酬和服務條件,以便確保九廣鐵路公司在一個高度商業化的環境中

也能招聘到所需的職員。

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該公司的職員並非公務員,所以個別職員的僱用條件皆由公司本身决定,而毋須受政府監管。 不過,該公司委任總經理,須獲總督批准,聘用條件亦可由财政司決定。

鄭德健議員問:主席先生,政府會否促使九廣鐵路公司向市民公佈今次發放數目可觀酬金的原因

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運輸司答:關於公司發放員工離職薪酬的問題,政府已經和該公司聯絡,該公司的答覆是:由於 這問題有關公司本身與職員間的合約條件,恕不能向外界公開透露。

MR. PETER WONG: The Secretary has already said that the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation is not subject to government monitoring and, by implication, questions from this Council. To whom are they accountable?

SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT: Sir, I did not say that the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation is not subject to government monitoring. What I said in my main reply was that the employment terms and conditions are not subject to government monitoring because the corporation itself, under the Ordinance, is responsible for such details of employment. The Government, of course, is monitoring the corporation through the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation Ordinance which sets out all the functions, duties and responsibilities which the corporation must fulfil to enable it to discharge its responsibilities. So in that context, the Government and, of course, the Executive Council, and this Council, have a role to play through the Ordinance in monitoring in general the operations of the corporation.

MR. MARTIN LEE: Sir, are the accounts of the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation subject to audit by the Director of Audit, and if not, does the Administration think that in the light of the recent public outcry concerning these