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	Examination of Estimates of Expenditure 2010-11	Reply Serial No.
	CONTROLLING OFFICER’S REPLY TO INITIAL WRITTEN QUESTION	CEDB(CIT)216
		Question Serial No.
		2212

Head :	168 Hong Kong Observatory		Subhead (No. & title) :	000 Operational expenses

Programme :

Controlling Officer :		Director of the Hong Kong Observatory

Director of Bureau :		Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development

Question :
Please provide the following information on the procurement of services of employment agencies (EAs):
(a) the number of contracts signed with EAs;

(b) the contract sum and term of service for each EA;

(d) details of the pay of workers’ supplied by each EA, including the range of monthly salaries and that of daily or hourly wages;

(e) with regard to the above items, please provide the respective numbers and percentage changes for each of the following years:

2010-11

2009-10

2008-09

2007-08

Number of EAs

( )

( )

( )

( )

Total contract sums for each EA

( )

( )

( )

( )

Average term of service for EAs

( )

( )

( )

( )

Total number of workers supplied by each EA

( )

( )

( )

( )

Pay of workers (highest, median and lowest) supplied by EAs

Highest ( )

Highest ( )

Highest ( )

Highest ( )

Median ( )

Median ( )

Median ( )

Median ( )

Lowest ( )

Lowest ( )

Lowest ( )

Lowest ( )

Figures in ( ) denote percentage changes
(f) the proportion of workers supplied by EAs in the existing staff in the department; and

(g) the proportion of expenditure on procuring the services of EAs in departmental expenditure.

Asked by : Hon. WONG Kwok-hing

Reply :
At present, the Hong Kong Observatory is not procuring any service from employment agencies (EAs). Items (a), (b), (c), (d), (f) and (g) are therefore not applicable. As regards item (e), relevant information in respect of the Observatory is as follows :

	2010-11	2009-10	2008-09	2007-08
Number of EAs ^{(Note 1)}	The Observatory has no plan to procure services from EAs.	0 (-100%)	1 (-) ^{(Note 2)}	1 (-50%) ^{(Note 2)}
Total contract sums for each EA ^{(Note 3)}		$457,000 (-40%)	$764,000 (-6%)	$817,000 (-60%)
Average term of service for EAs^{(Note 3)}		7 months (-42%)	12 months (+41%)	8.5 months (+21%)
Total number of workers supplied by each EA ^{(Note 3)}		1 (-)	1 (-)	1 (-50%)
Pay of workers (highest, median and lowest) supplied by EAs		The contracts that departments have entered into with EAs only specify the fee charged by the latter in providing the service,but not the wages of agency workers engaged by EAs. Hence, the requisite information cannot be provided.

Figures in ( ) denote percentage changes
Note 1: The number of EAs represents the position as at the close of the financial year (i.e. on 31 March).
Note 2: The EAs concerned are technical service providers engaged under a term contract centrally administered by the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer, i.e. T-contract agencies.
Note 3: The figures in Rows 2 to 4 in this table cover all agency workers who may be engaged at any time during the relevant financial year.

Signature

Name in block letters	LEE BOON YING

Post Title	Director of the Hong Kong Observatory

Date	16.3.2010

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Examination of Estimates of Expenditure 2010-11