Replies to Questions from Finance Committee Members

Reply Serial No.
Examination of Estimates of Expenditure 2003-04 ETWB(W)025
CONTROLLING OFFICER'S REPLY TO Question Serial No.
INITIAL WRITTEN QUESTION 1274
Head: 43 - Civil Engineering Department Subhead (No. & title):000 Operational
Expenses
Programme:
Controlling Officer: Director of Civil Engineering
Director of Bureau: Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works
Question: Please provide the number of non-civil service contract staff employed and
the level of expenditure involved in 2002-03. Are there any plans to
employ more or less non-civil service contract staff in 2003-04? If so,
what are the reasons? And what will be the number of staff and the level
of expenditure involved?
Asked by: Hon. LEE Cheuk-yan
Reply: Non-civil service contract (NCSC) staff are employed on a strictly
temporary basis to meet short-term service needs. Their employment is
periodically reviewed in the light of prevailing operational requirement.
Gototop
The Civil Engineering Department currently employs 157 NCSC staff,
incurring an annual expenditure of $32.7m. Of these, further employment
of 36 will be subject to review during 2003-04. Consideration of these
cases will hinge essentially on the department's operational requirement at
that time.
Signature
Name in block letters T K TSAO
Post Title Director of Civil Engineering
Date 20 March 2003