Replies to Questions from Finance Committee Members

(b) Officers in the Works Branch have taken up additional duties since the
implementation of the Accountability System. In addition, one Personal
Secretary II and one Clerical Assistant have been redeployed to serve in the
Director of Bureau’s Office and three other posts have been deleted in the Works
Branch and the resources for those posts have been transferred to the Housing,
Planning and Lands Bureau (Planning and Lands Branch) within Head 56 for
optimisation of resources.
(c) Environment and Transport Branch will transfer 36 general grades posts of the
Executive Officer, Chinese Language Officer and Clerical Officer grades to
Works Branch for central support functions such as administration, finance and
information technology of the bureau. The centralization of administrative and
support functions is the first phase of reorganization of the bureau.
Restructuring of the bureau in other aspects is being critically examined. The
exact number of posts to be deleted or redeployed has yet to be finalized.
Gototop
Signature
Name in block letters Y C LO
Post Title Permanent Secretary for the
Environment, Transport and
Works (Transport and Works)
Date March 2003