Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region - Establishment Subcommittee (Results) 7 May 2019

Establishment Subcommittee meeting

held on Tuesday, 7 May 2019 at 2:30 pm in Conference Room 2

Record of decisions

	Paper Nos.	Subject	Decisions
1.	EC(2018-19)37	Proposed creation of five permanent posts, with effect from the date of approval by the Finance Committee, of three judicial posts of Judge of the District Court (JSPS 13) in the Judiciary to strengthen the judicial establishment of the Family Court; and two civil service posts of one Administrative Officer Staff Grade B1 (D4) to head a new Planning and Quality Division and one Administrative Officer Staff Grade C (D2) to strengthen directorate support for the Chief Justice's Private Office in the Judiciary Administration	Endorsed*Legend symbol denoting Some members requested that this item be discussed and voted on separately by the Finance Committee
2.	EC(2018-19)35	Proposed creation of one permanent post of one Deputy Principal Government Counsel to strengthen legal support at the directorate level in the Department of Justice	Endorsed (Division ordered - Yes - 24 No - 0 Abstention - 0)
		Proposed creation of one Principal Government Counsel; upgrading one permanent post of Assistant Principal Government Counsel to Deputy Principal Government Counsel; and creation of one supernumerary post of Deputy Principal Government Counsel for five years to strengthen legal support at the directorate level in the Department of Justice	Endorsed*Legend symbol denoting Some members requested that this item be discussed and voted on separately by the Finance Committee (Division ordered - Yes - 16 No - 7 Abstention - 0)
3.	EC(2018-19)36	Proposed creation of two supernumerary posts of one Administrative Officer Staff Grade A (D6) and one Administrative Officer Staff Grade C (D2) and redeployment of two permanent posts of one Administrative Officer Staff Grade B (D3) and one Administrative Officer Staff Grade C (D2) in the Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau for four years with immediate effect upon approval of the Finance Committee for the establishment of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Development Office to spearhead the efforts in taking forward the Greater Bay Area Development	Under deliberation
4.	EC(2019-20)1	Proposed making permanent of one Administrative Officer Staff Grade B (D3) supernumerary post in the Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) with effect from 27 May 2019 or with immediate effect upon approval by the Finance Committee, whichever is later to enhance RTHK's governance and to steer its strategies on resources planning and deployment in the light of the substantial growth both in terms of the establishment and diversity of its work	Not dealt with
5.	EC(2019-20)2	Proposed creation of one permanent post of Chief Labour Officer (D1) in the Labour Department with immediate effect upon approval by the Finance Committee to take forward various new measures to enhance statutory maternity leave	Not dealt with
6.	EC(2019-20)3	Proposed creation of one permanent post of Administrative Officer Staff Grade C (D2) in the Labour and Welfare Bureau with immediate effect upon approval of the Finance Committee to head a dedicated policy team for the newly established Commission on Children and take forward its agenda for the interest of children	Not dealt with
7.	EC(2019-20)4	Proposed creation of nine directorate posts in the Environmental Protection Department with immediate effect upon approval of the Finance Committee, of three supernumerary posts of one Administrative Officer Staff Grade B (D3), one Administrative Officer Staff Grade C (D2) and one Principal Environmental Protection Officer (PEPO) (D1) for four years; two supernumerary posts of one Assistant Director of Environmental Protection (D2) and one PEPO (D1) for six years; two supernumerary posts of PEPO (D1) for five years; and two permanent posts of PEPO (D1) to prepare for municipal solid waste charging and take forward various waste reduction and recycling initiatives	Not dealt with
8.	EC(2019-20)5	Proposed rationalisation of the salaries of school heads and deputy heads and improvement of the manpower at the middle management level in public sector primary schools in the Education Bureau with effect from 1 September 2019; and a supplementary provision of $503 million in 2019-20 and an increase in the ceiling placed on the total notional annual mid-point salary value of all non-directorate posts in the establishment in 2019-20 from $4,016,284,000 by $56,664,240 to $4,072,948,240 with immediate effect upon approval of the Finance Committee to implement the above proposal	Not dealt with

^{* Some members requested that this item be discussed and voted on separately by the Finance Committee}