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The following is issued by the Government on behalf of the newly appointed Under Secretaries and Political Assistants:
As newly appointed Under Secretaries and Political Assistants, we would like to respond to the recent requests for full disclosure of our individual remuneration levels.
Recognising the need to strike a balance between protection of personal information and the public's expectation for greater transparency, the Government has already provided a breakdown of the number of the appointees against each of the salary points within the Legislative Council-approved salary ranges.
Given the sustained public interest, we have decided to further disclose the details of our personal remuneration. On this, the Government has no dissenting views.
Our specific salaries are as follows:
Salary
Under Secretary Percentage of Present Salary
salary of Directors
of Bureaux
Under Secretary 70% $208,680
for
Constitutional
and Mainland
Affairs,
Mr Raymond Tam
Chi-yuen
Under Secretary
for the
Environment,
Dr Kitty Poon Kit
Under Secretary
for Food and
Health, Professor
Gabriel Matthew
Leung
Under Secretary
for Transport
and Housing, Mr
Yau Shing-mu
Under Secretary 75% $223,585
for Commerce
and Economic
Development,
Mr Gregory So
Kam-leung
Under Secretary
for Education,
Mr Kenneth Chen
Wei-on
Under Secretary
for Financial
Services and
the Treasury,
Ms Julia Leung
Fung-yee
Under Secretary
for Home Affairs,
Ms Florence Hui
Hiu-fai
Political Salary
Assistant Percentage of the Present Salary
salary of Directors
of Bureaux
Political 45% $134,150
Assistant to
the Financial
Secretary,
Mr Frankie Yip
Kan-chuen
Political
Assistant to
the Secretary for
Development,
Mr Raymond
Cheung Man-to
Political
Assistant to
the Secretary
for Education,
Mr Jeremy
Young Chit-on
Political
Assistant to
the Secretary
for Food and
Health, Mr
Paul Chan
Chi-yuen
Political
Assistant to
the Secretary
for Home
Affairs, Mr
Caspar Tsui
Ying-wai
Political
Assistant to
the Secretary
for Labour
and Welfare,
Ms Zandra Mok
Yee-tuen
Political
Assistant to
the Secretary
for Security,
Mr Victor Lo
Yik-kee
Political 50% $149,055
Assistant to
the Secretary
for the
Environment,
Miss Linda
Choy Siu-min
Political 55% $163,960
Assistant to
the Secretary
for Financial
Services and
the Treasury,
Ms Katherine
Ng Kit-shuen
Ends/Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Issued at HKT 11:19
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