AGENDA FOR
ESTABLISHMENT SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING
TO BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, 14 JUNE 2006 AT 8:30 A.M.

Item No.Subject
1.EC(2006-07)8Proposed deletion of 31 obsolete ranks in various Bureaux/Departments and obsolete departments
(In attendance : The Deputy Secretary for the Civil Service/the Principal Assistant Secretary for the Civil Service)

2.EC(2006-07)9Proposed -

(a)creation of three permanent posts of two Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court (JSPS 16) under Judiciary and one Principal Executive Officer (D1) to head a new Secretariat, Commissioner on Interception of Communications and Surveillance;

(b)an increase in the establishment ceiling under Head 80 Judiciary in 2006-07 from $367,364,000 by $1,237,920 to $368,601,920 for creating three non-directorate posts; and

(c)provision of establishment ceiling in 2006-07 of $5,287,260 to the new Secretariat for creating 16 non-directorate posts;

for the implementation of the new regime for the regulation of interception of communications and covert surveillance after the passage of the Interception of Communications and Surveillance Bill
(In attendance : The Deputy Secretary for Security/the Principal Assistant Secretary for Security/the Judiciary Administrator/the Assistant Judiciary Administrator)

3.EC(2006-07)10Proposed creation of one supernumerary post of Administrative Officer Staff Grade B (D3) in the Education and Manpower Bureau of Government Secretariat for a period of two years from 1 August 2006 to 31 July 2008 to enable the secondment of a civil servant to the Employees Retraining Board
(In attendance : The Deputy Secretary for Education and Manpower/the Principal Assistant Secretary for Education and Manpower)

4.EC(2006-07)11Proposed creation of two supernumerary posts of one Chief Estate Surveyor (D1) and one Chief Structural Engineer (D1) in the Housing Department for a period of two years up to 6 July 2008; and revision and redistribution of duties and responsibilities among some other directorate posts of the Department to take account of changes in operational needs
(In attendance : The Permanent Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands (Housing)/the Deputy Director of Housing (Corporate Services))

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