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I want to add one thing more. In fact, a colleague has mentioned that our proposed review might affect morale. Let me ask why a review by the Department would not affect morale. Is it because a review carried out by the Department will not reveal any problems so that everyone's morale can be upheld? Or is it because in a review carried out by the Department, problems will not surface and matters will continue to be covered up?
Fellow colleagues, let me say it once again. We must today state this commitment for reform. In fact, within the community, the future SAR government, our future Members of the Legislative Council and members of the public have again and again expressed the hope that the Council and Department should square up to this issue. Massive public opinion and pressure show that the Council and the Department should be determined and committed. I do not want to see the day when a third party takes up this commitment on our behalf because we lack the determination. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, I support the original motion.
MR. LEUNG KAM-TAO (in Cantonese):—I think there is a common aim for a review in all three motions. However, what is the purpose of this review? If our purpose is to pacify members and the public who have lashed out criticisms and do public relations work and at the same time leave the world as it is, then I feel it does not matter which kind of review to take. Let us not waste money. If that is not the purpose of our review and we genuinely want to enhance the entire management of the Council and the Department, I would like to ask how many of our managers in the Department are well-versed with modern management skills and how many are well-versed with management reviews. If the answer is very few or not many, and if they are charged with the task of review, we have to see whether the review can attain our purpose of providing input for an innovative, modernized management proposal in respect of the future work of the Urban Services Department. If the answer is in the negative, what is the use of this management system?
From this angle, I support the stand of either not to proceed with a review or to appoint experts to conduct it. Experts are familiar with modern management concepts and they are familiar with management reviews. In our modern commercial world, we can easily find companies with such experts. As competition is keen in the commercial sector, most modern commercial bodies have to appoint management companies continuously to do research and give suggestions as to how to update management skills to increase their competitiveness. That there are more and more people in such a field in the modern world reflects the trend of the time. I think that, as a large government department, if we do not follow closely the steps of time, the Urban Services Department will become more and more bureaucratic like a large elephant and we will go deeper and deeper into this loop.
I feel this is the right opportune time for us to get experts to 'diagnose' if we want to improve and reform the management efficiency and services of the
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I want to add one thing more. In fact, a colleague has mentioned that our proposed review might affect morale. Let me ask why a review by the Department would not affect morale. Is it because a review carried out by the Department will not reveal any problems so that everyone's morale can be upheld? Or is it because in a review carried out by the Department, problems will not surface and matters will continue to be covered up?
Fellow colleagues, let me say it once again. We must today state this commitment for reform. In fact, within the community, the future SAR government, our future Members of the Legislative Council and members of the public have again and again expressed the hope that the Council and Department should square up to this issue. Massive public opinion and pressure show that the Council and the Department should be determined and committed. I do not want to see the day when a third party takes up this commitment on our behalf because we lack the determination. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, I support the original motion.
MR. LEUNG KAM-TAO (in Cantonese):—I think there is a common aim for a review in all three motions. However, what is the purpose of this review? If our purpose is to pacify members and the public who have lashed out criticisms and do public relations work and at the same time leave the world as it is, then I feel it does not matter which kind of review to take. Let us not waste money. If that is not the purpose of our review and we genuinely want to enhance the entire management of the Council and the Department, I would like to ask how many of our managers in the Department are well-versed with modern management skills and how many are well-versed with management reviews. If the answer is very few or not many, and if they are charged with the task of review, we have to see whether the review can attain our purpose of providing input for an innovative, modernized management proposal in respect of the future work of the Urban Services Department. If the answer is in the negative, what is the use of this management system?
From this angle, I support the stand of either not to proceed with a review or to appoint experts to conduct it. Experts are familiar with modern management concepts and they are familiar with management reviews. In our modern commercial world, we can easily find companies with such experts. As competition is keen in the commercial sector, most modern commercial bodies have to appoint management companies continuously to do research and give as to increase their suggestions for updating management skills so competitiveness. That there are more and more people in such a field in the modern world reflects the trend of the time. I think that, as a large government department, if we do not follow closely the steps of time, the Urban Services Department will become more and more bureaucratic like a large elephant and we will go deeper and deeper into this loop.
I feel this is the right opportune time for us to get experts to 'diagnose' if we want to improve and reform the management efficiency and services of the
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