Public Service Commission (Hong Kong)

The Public Service Commission (Chinese: 公務員敍用委員會) in Hong Kong is the principal statutory advisory body to the Hong Kong Chief Executive on civil service appointments, promotions and discipline. The Commission is tasked with ensuring fairness in hiring and disciplinary practices as outlined in the Public Service Commission Ordinance and Chapter 93 of the Laws of Hong Kong.^[1]

Public Service Commission

公務員敍用委員會
Emblem of the Hong Kong SAR
Agency overview
Formed	1950; 75 years ago (1950)
Jurisdiction	Government of Hong Kong
Headquarters	26/F, Fairmont House, 8 Cotton Tree Drive, Central, Hong Kong
Agency executive	Rita LAU Ng Wai-lan, GBS, JP, Chairman
Key document	Public Service Commission Ordinance
Website	www.psc.gov.hk

Public Service Commission
Traditional Chinese	公務員敍用委員會
Simplified Chinese	公务员叙用委员会
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Gōngwùyuán Xù Yòng Wěiyuánhuì Yue: Cantonese Jyutping gung1 mou6 jyun4 zeoi6 jung6 wai2 jyun4 wui6*2

History and remit

The Commission was established in 1950, with the primary aim of increasing the proportion of local Hongkongers appointed.^[2]

The Commission chairman and (currently eight) members are appointed by the Chief Executive.^[3]

Over the years since it was set up, the scope of concern of the Commission has narrowed somewhat, as the number of civil servants, and hence cases has increased - from a permanent establishment of 18,500 posts at the outset to 160,000 posts today.

In 1971, disciplinary cases came under the Commission's remit.^[4]

The Secretariat of the Public Service Commission provides day-to-day operational support.

Chairmen

Name	In office	Notes
Mr Thomas Megarry	Aug 1950 – Mar 1951	Inaugural.[5]
Mr LO Man-kam	Mar-Apr 1951	* Acting Chairman[5]
Mr John Robert Jones	Apr 1951 – June 1952	* Acting Chairman[6]
Mr Justice Ernest Hillas Williams	June 1952 – May 1953
Mr Justice Trevor Jack Gould	May 1953 – Nov 1953
Mr John Robert Jones	Nov 1953 – Jan 1959	(also Acting Chairman Apr 1951 – June 1952)
Mr Richard Charles Lee	Jan 1959 – July 1959
Mr E R Childe JP	July 1959 – May 1965	[6]
Mr M S Cumming OBE, JP	June 1965 – May 1967
Sir Charles Hartwell JP	May 1967 – Nov 1971	[7]
Sir Ronald Holmes CMG CBE MC JP	Nov 1971 – May 1977
Sir Donald Luddington KBE CMG CVO	May 1977 – Sept 1978
Mr Ian MacDonald LIGHTBODY CMG, JP	Sept 1978 – Oct 1980
Mr LI Fook-kow CMG, JP	Oct 1980 – May 1987
Mr Eric Peter HO JP	May 1987 – June 1991
Mr Augustine CHUI Kam JP	June 1991 – July 1996
Mr Haider Hatim Tyebjee BARMA, CBE, ISO, GBS JP	1 Aug 1996 – Apr 2005	[8][9]
Mr Nicholas NG Wing-fui GBS JP	1 May 2005 – 30 April 2014	[10][9]
Ms Rita Lau	1 May 2014 – present	(appointed to 30 April 2023)[11][12]

See also

• Hong Kong Civil Service