Establishment Subcommittee meeting

held on Wednesday, 20 February 2013 at 8:30 am
in Conference Room 1

Record of decisions

 Paper Nos.SubjectDecisions
1.EC(2012-13)20 Proposed creation of a supernumerary post of Principal Economist (D2) in Economic Analysis Division of the Economic Analysis and Business Facilitation Unit under the Offices of the Chief Secretary for Administration and the Financial Secretary for a period of three years from 1 April 2013 to lead a new dedicated team to enhance the economic research capacity in support of the new initiatives

Endorsed

2.EC(2012-13)21 Proposed creation of four permanent posts of one Chief Engineer (D1), one Chief Geotechnical Engineer (D1), Chief Maintenance Surveyor (D1) and one Chief Structural Engineer (D1) in Housing Department with effect from 1 April 2013; and revision and redistribution of duties and responsibilities among some other directorate posts in the department to cope with the substantial increase in workload arising from the implementation of the new Home Ownership Scheme and other related housing initiatives

Endorsed

3.EC(2012-13)22 Proposed retention of two supernumerary posts of one Administrative Officer Staff Grade C (D2) in Financial Services Branch of the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau from 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2014 and one Deputy Principal Solicitor (DL2) in the Companies Registry from 1 July 2013 to 31 March 2014, to provide adequate directorate support for implementation of the new Companies Ordinance, to carry out the review of the abscondee regime under the Bankruptcy Ordinance (Cap. 6), and to facilitate scrutiny of the Trust Law (Amendment) Bill 2013 by the Legislative Council

Endorsed

4.EC(2012-13)23 Proposed creation of one supernumerary post of Administrative Officer Staff Grade C (D2) in Central Policy Unit under the Offices of the Chief Secretary for Administration and the Financial Secretary from 1 April 2013 to 30 June 2017 as Assistant Secretary to the Commission on Strategic Development

Deferred