Legislative Council Finance Committee – Charm

Hong Kong ministers get 1.3% pay rise after civil servants secure 2% salary bump

2 months ago02 mins

Hong Kong’s top ministers and other political appointees have received a 1.3 per cent pay rise, authorities have confirmed, after the government announced in June that civil servants would get a 2 per cent salary bump. In a reply to the South China Morning Post, the Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau said on Friday that…

Hong Kong to scrap fax messaging between police and fire services for emergencies

4 months ago02 mins

Hong Kong’s security chief has pledged to replace fax messaging between police and firefighters with a digital system and to increase phone lines at emergency call centres, after an inquiry into last year’s deadly Tai Po fire heard that callers waited up to 15 minutes to be transferred. Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung’s remarks…