(Hong Kong Comprehensive News) Nie Dequan, director of the Hong Kong Civil Service Bureau, revealed that 51 civil servants have been removed from the past 2021 to 2022.Nie Dequan said that he should not mistakenly believe that civil servants are "iron rice bowls", and emphasized that they would seriously deal with cases of violations of laws and disciplines seriously.
Comprehensive Sing Tao Daily and Ming Daily reported that Nie Dequan said at the Hong Kong Legislative Council yesterday that from the five financial year from 2017/2018 to 2021 /2022, a total of 1,124 civil servants were violated by themselves.Criminal crimes were punished, 155 of them were removed from office.Nie Dequan emphasized that the case of violations of laws and disciplines will be seriously dealt with. Even if the law is not violated and disciplinary, if the continuous performance is not good or other reasons, the Hong Kong government can also retire or terminate the employment in accordance with relevant regulations.
Nie Dequan identified the management system of civil servants and set up an effective reward and punishment system.
He said that in the past two years, the Hong Kong government has promoted different measures to improve the civil service system, including the scope of assessment of the Hong Kong National Security Law to the test of the Basic Law and the establishment of a civil servant college.
He reiterated that the promotion of civil servants is based on objective standards. The most suitable and best personnel is selected and promoted through fair procedures, not "stools".Essence
