10 Apr 2024獨媒#3328
四個新政府辦公室涉98人 年度員工開支逾5,400萬
The current-term Government has established several new offices. Legislative Council member Yueheng Tan asked about the staffing and annual staff expenditure of these offices. The Civil Service Bureau replied that the four offices—the Office for Attracting Strategic Enterprises, the Northern Metropolis Co-ordination Office, the Hong Kong Talent Engage Office and the National Games Hong Kong Competition Area Co-ordination Office—had a combined 98 staff as at the end of last year, with staff expenditure of approximately $54.06 million.
本屆政府開設多個新辦公室，立法會議員譚岳衡問及該些辦公室的人手及每年員工開支。公務員事務局回覆指，四個辦公室即引進重點企業辦公室、北部都會區統籌辦事處、香港人才服務辦公室及全國運動會香港賽區統籌辦公室，截至去年年底共有98人，員工開支約5,406萬。
各辦公室分項數字方面，2022年12月成立的引進重點企業辦公室有13名員工，去年員工開支為2,299萬，暫定開設時限至2027年3月；2023年6月成立的北部都會區統籌辦事處有34名員工，去年員工開支為2,095萬，暫定開設時限至2028年3月；2023年6月成立的香港人才服務辦公室有16名員工，去年員工開支為275萬，暫定開設時限至2026年9月；2023年10月成立的全國運動會香港賽區統籌辦公室有35名員工，去年員工開支為737萬，暫定開設時限至2026年3月。
10 Dec 2023獨媒#2638
陳國基指未計區選繽紛日開支 但「有啲錢係應使得使」
Today is District Council polling day. After voting this morning, Chief Secretary for Administration Chan Kwok-ki told reporters that yesterday’s District Council Election Carnival Day had a “very good atmosphere” and that he was pleased to see members of the public taking part in the activities. He said the expenditure on the carnival day had not yet been calculated, but believed it had reminded the public that today was polling day. Although it was not directly related to the voter turnout, “some money should be spent”, and the expenditure was worthwhile. Regarding the current turnout being slightly lower than that for the Legislative Council election, Chan said it was still early, as “not that many people get up so early”.
今為區議會投票日，政務司司長陳國基今早投票後見記者，他形容昨日舉辦的區選繽紛日「氣氛好好」，見到市民參加活動很開心。他又稱未計算區選繽紛日開支，但認為能提醒市民今為投票日，雖然與投票率沒有直接關係，但「有啲錢係應使得使」，花費值得。至於現時投票率稍遜立法會投票，陳國基指時間尚早，「始終唔係咁多人咁早起身」。
19 May 2023獨媒#6465
政府增撥50億元維護國安開支 預算案未提今刊憲加插
The Government’s Budget published in February this year did not mention expenditure on safeguarding national security, marking the second consecutive year that no such figure was announced. However, the Government accounts gazetted today show that, with the Chief Executive’s approval, the Financial Secretary allocated an additional HK$5 billion for national security expenditure. Including the HK$8 billion first allocated in the 2021 Budget, Hong Kong’s publicly announced national security expenditure has reached HK$13 billion.
政府今年2月公布的《財政預算案》中，並沒有提及維護國家安全開支，已經是連續兩年無公布。不過在今日刊憲的政府帳目顯示，財政司經行政長官批准，增撥50億元維護國家安全開支。連同2021年預算案首次撥出的80億，香港有公布的維護國家安全開支已達130億元。
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