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Hong Kong Government's Demand of Allegiance pledge Sparks Wave of #Resignation Among #CivilServants
The Hong Kong SAR government has implemented new rules, demanding the supposedly politically neutral civil servants to pledge allegiance to the Basic Law and the Government.
As the deadline of the pledge, set at the end of February, is approaching, a wave of resignation was triggered among the civil servants.
Sources revealed that at least 20 doctors and dentists resigned from the Department of Health (#DoH) in the past three months. Among them, no less than four cited privately that they hesitated to sign the pledge.
“It is straightforward. One can either sign the pledge or resign. By signing the pledge, there would be too many constraints to comply. I prefer not to,” one anonymous civil servant said.
Among those resigned were nurses, scientific officers and dental clinic staff.
Amidst the wave of resignation, Lee Wai-yan, President of the Association of Government Physicians expressed helplessness and was concerned about the shortage of staff in the fight against COVID19.
Responding to media inquiry, the Department of Health acknowledged that more than 80 staff members resigned in past three months. In the same period last year, only 58 resigned.
Source: Apple Daily; #Feb11
https://hk.appledaily.com/local/20210211/NLXLA6BXFBEWNHMYGZAJ4ATAVU/
#Pledge #BasicLaw #BrainDrain
Hong Kong Government's Demand of Allegiance pledge Sparks Wave of #Resignation Among #CivilServants
The Hong Kong SAR government has implemented new rules, demanding the supposedly politically neutral civil servants to pledge allegiance to the Basic Law and the Government.
As the deadline of the pledge, set at the end of February, is approaching, a wave of resignation was triggered among the civil servants.
Sources revealed that at least 20 doctors and dentists resigned from the Department of Health (#DoH) in the past three months. Among them, no less than four cited privately that they hesitated to sign the pledge.
“It is straightforward. One can either sign the pledge or resign. By signing the pledge, there would be too many constraints to comply. I prefer not to,” one anonymous civil servant said.
Among those resigned were nurses, scientific officers and dental clinic staff.
Amidst the wave of resignation, Lee Wai-yan, President of the Association of Government Physicians expressed helplessness and was concerned about the shortage of staff in the fight against COVID19.
Responding to media inquiry, the Department of Health acknowledged that more than 80 staff members resigned in past three months. In the same period last year, only 58 resigned.
Source: Apple Daily; #Feb11
https://hk.appledaily.com/local/20210211/NLXLA6BXFBEWNHMYGZAJ4ATAVU/
#Pledge #BasicLaw #BrainDrain
#Court
Ex-Civil Servant in Hong Kong seeks #JudicialReview over government's allegiance pledge
In Hong Kong, former assistant taxation officer Wong Chau-ming - who had been working in the Inland Revenue Department since 1996 - filed a writ with the high court on November 29, 2021. Wong was forced to retire after he challenged the Hong Kong government's necessity for civil servants to take a loyalty pledge.
It is the first judicial review application filed by a #CivilServant concerning the pledge since the Hong Kong SAR Government announced the mandatory requirement for civil servants to pledge support for the #BasicLaw and allegiance to the SAR Government.
Although Wong submitted a signed declaration on August 12, 2021, he was informed by the commissioner of inland revenue that his pre-retirement leave would take place from August 31 to October 24 and that his retirement would take effect on October 25, 2021.
Wong stated the retirement order was irrational as he had signed the declaration and there is no good reason for the authority not to accept it. He added the order was "tainted with procedural impropriety" because he was not given a reason for being directed to retire.
Source: Citizen News; #Nov30
https://bit.ly/3rjNnUG
#FailedState #Regime #Pledge #Loyalty #Retirement #PoliceState
Ex-Civil Servant in Hong Kong seeks #JudicialReview over government's allegiance pledge
In Hong Kong, former assistant taxation officer Wong Chau-ming - who had been working in the Inland Revenue Department since 1996 - filed a writ with the high court on November 29, 2021. Wong was forced to retire after he challenged the Hong Kong government's necessity for civil servants to take a loyalty pledge.
It is the first judicial review application filed by a #CivilServant concerning the pledge since the Hong Kong SAR Government announced the mandatory requirement for civil servants to pledge support for the #BasicLaw and allegiance to the SAR Government.
Although Wong submitted a signed declaration on August 12, 2021, he was informed by the commissioner of inland revenue that his pre-retirement leave would take place from August 31 to October 24 and that his retirement would take effect on October 25, 2021.
Wong stated the retirement order was irrational as he had signed the declaration and there is no good reason for the authority not to accept it. He added the order was "tainted with procedural impropriety" because he was not given a reason for being directed to retire.
Source: Citizen News; #Nov30
https://bit.ly/3rjNnUG
#FailedState #Regime #Pledge #Loyalty #Retirement #PoliceState
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【公務員宣誓】不滿查問效忠聲明必要性及準則後遭強制退休 前稅局主任入稟申覆核
前主任不滿當局在他宣誓後，仍作出有關決定，並且沒交代足夠理據，今日（30日）入稟高等法院申請司法覆核許可，挑戰當局的決定。