Hong Kong Government: 535 employees refused to sign and supported the Basic Law and all resigned – International – Liberty Times e-newsletter

[Central News Agency]All 535 full-time and part-time non-civil service contract employees in Hong Kong have resigned because they ignored, refused to sign or refused to hand in their declarations of oath to uphold the Basic Law and allegiance to the SAR. In addition, there are 18,000 civil service vacancies, and officials admit that the situation is “unsatisfactory” ”.

According to reports from Hong Kong online media 01 and Ming Pao, the Hong Kong Civil Service Secretary Yang Hebei-yin stated on the 20th that 149 full-time non-civil service contract employees and 386 part-time non-civil service contract employees refused to sign the sworn statement, and all relevant personnel have left government.

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She said that some of the employees who left the company had their contracts coming to an end, and some had resigned or had their employment terminated by the government.

The Hong Kong government requires government employees who join the job on or after July 1, 2020 and are employed on non-civil service terms to sign a declaration to support the Basic Law and be loyal to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region as one of the conditions of employment.

According to information from the Civil Service Bureau, a total of 9,468 full-time non-civil service contract employees were employed as of June 30 this year, a decrease of approximately 9,000, or approximately 49%, from the peak on June 30, 2006.

In addition to the significant reduction in the number of employees, Yeung Hebei-yin pointed out that the civil service establishment as of March 31 this year was about 192,000 positions, and the actual number of posts was about 174,000. There are 18,000 vacancies in the civil service establishment. He admitted that the situation is not ideal, but said that the resignation rate has slowed down and has not had a great impact on the operation of the Hong Kong government.

In addition, a total of 10,126 civil servants will resign from the Hong Kong government from 2022 to 2023, of which 3,863 resigned. The resignation rate is the highest since the handover of sovereignty.

In this regard, Yang Hebei-yin said that 40% of those who resigned resigned within the three-year probation period. It is estimated that young people left because they wanted to gain different work experience. The Hong Kong government will do its best to retain talents and continue to attract and encourage people from different backgrounds to become civil servants. .