The Civil Service Exchange Programme, which was interrupted due to the pandemic, was relaunched in the second half of the year, with the first phase of exchange to Mainland cities in the Greater Bay Area, and the "temporary post" period for the exchange of civil servants between the two places was extended to 3 months. The Civil Service Bureau, Ms Es Yeung Ho Ho Pit-yin, said participating civil servants would be assigned to specific posts and would have more time to learn more about the Mainland's policies and how they work in formulating them.

She also dismantled the two reasons why Hong Kong civil servants were criticized as "ungrounded", namely, that some civil servants lacked a personal understanding of the problems of the public in the past, and hoped that civil servants would be able to think differently in the future, put themselves in the shoes of the public and make corresponding adjustments. In addition, the Government's pursuit of efficiency is balanced by a number of principles to reflect fairness, so that members of the public do not understand why the Government's work process is long and believe that communication can be improved.

Yang Ho Beiyin said that she was received by Xia Baolong, reflecting the importance attached to civil servants (screenshot of Hong Kong and Taiwan live broadcast screen)

In an interview with GDToday and South+ reporters, Yang Ho Beiyin said that since 2002, the SAR Government has jointly organized the "Civil Service Exchange Program" with the governments of Shanghai, Beijing, Hangzhou and Guangdong Province, and sent civil servants to each other's institutions temporarily for four weeks. As of 4, an average of about 2020 civil servants participated each year, but in the past three years, due to the impact of the pandemic, it has been forced to suspend.

She said that she plans to restart in the second half of the year, first carrying out exchanges with Mainland cities in the Greater Bay Area, and the exchange period will be extended from four weeks to three months.

Select rising stars to study for master's programs at Peking University

In addition, the Civil Service Bureau is arranging for the second batch of senior civil servants to attend the two-year Master of Public Administration programme at Peking University in 2023. She revealed that two sites have been selected as practice sites, one of which is a county town in Yunnan Province to observe the local rural revitalization. She stressed that the selected trainees were not ordinary senior civil servants, but senior civil servants with the potential to rise to the top levels of government. She described this as a rare opportunity for them to better understand how national poverty alleviation and other policies are implemented and implemented.

I do not agree with the wave of civil servants leaving

While strengthening training, it is also imperative to introduce new forces. She acknowledged that the current vacancy rate in the civil service was high, with a strength of more than 19,17, but the actual number was more than <>,<>, but she would not describe it as a wave of departures.

As at 2022 December 12, there were 31,173 civil servants in Hong Kong. In 664/2021, more than 2022,1 civil servants left their jobs, of whom about 6000,<> were in regular retirement.

Ms Yeung said frankly that the decline in the number of civil servants has indeed affected her work, and the authorities have adopted a number of plans to respond, such as exploring the use of artificial intelligence and other technologies to replace some manpower, and will also increase recruitment efforts.

She did not believe that civil service positions have become less attractive in the job market, pointing to the recruitment of government chiefs as government decision-makers last year, which pointed to more than 9000,30 people vying for 40 to <> positions. Therefore, she is not too worried about the decline in the enthusiasm of young people to join the government, the only problem is to find the most suitable people, emphasizing that the government will never lower the standard while grabbing talent.

Oppose 3 job opening agendas Di Zhiyuan: I have never thought that speeding up and improving efficiency will require a significant increase of 81 supernumerary positions at the directorate level of senior civil servants The longest will be 2029 The annual expenditure on civil service salaries is 916.3 billion yuan, Zhou Xiaosong said that retired civil servants were rejected to volunteer spontaneously Yang Ho Beiyin asked with an embarrassed smile and contact, the government strengthens recruitment of civil servants in the mainland The construction industry, airports and other aspects have coped with the shortage of manpower, and the police have newly set up a written language test equivalent to DSE level <> Civil Service Bureau: Other public offices do not recognize achievements Yang Ho Beiyin: Civil service training results are difficult to use test papers to assess Without neglecting the grassroots constitutional order training, it is one of the few bureau chiefs who have visited Beijing to be personally seen by Xia Baolong Yang Ho Beiyin: Attach great importance to and expect civil servant Xia Baolong to see Yang Ho Beiyin in Beijing Affirm the work of civil servants Hope to fully support Chief Executive Chen Guo Kee Ming's three-day visit to Beijing Yang Ho Beiyin set off for a visit to Beijing to prepare for expanding civil service training and exchanges