Remarks by SCS at media session
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Reporter: How do you respond to concerns that the current point scale salary structure does not adequately differentiate between high and low performers, what measures are being proposed to address this, and also can you elaborate on the reward and penalty assessment measures that will be implemented under the accountability system? And, will the findings from second tier investigations be disclosed to the public?
Secretary for the Civil Service: For civil servants, we have an appraisal system, a system that assesses the performance levels of civil servants. We have observed that in some cases, the assessment is done in a more lenient than realistic way, and so we are now proposing to establish a more stringent appraisal system that reflects more accurately the performance of civil servants. And with this, and with the incremental point system closely associated with the performance of civil servants, when we have a more realistic, more accurate assessment of civil service performance, the incremental point system will also achieve its objective of rewarding only those who have performed well. As for the Heads of Department Accountability System, I believe when the second tier investigation has to be triggered when the Public Service Commission has to come into work to do the investigation, it must be something that the public is very concerned about. The Government, as always, in these circumstances, will disclose or will let the public know in an appropriate way the details of the case and what are the findings, and so on. In some cases, the investigation may involve personal data, privacy concern and so on, so the government will see to an appropriate way of disclosing details to the public. But as always, we will be transparent, we will let the public informed of matters that they are concerned about.
(Please also refer to the Chinese portion of the transcript.)
Ends/Saturday, October 11, 2025
Issued at HKT 14:07
Issued at HKT 14:07
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