There will be no public consultation on the controversial restructuring of the cabinet proposed by chief executive-elect Leung Chun-ying, the head of his transition office says.
Any delay to the reorganisation before Leung takes office on July 1 could affect the choice of ministers, said Fanny Law Fan Chiu-fun (pictured).
Leung would, however, seek opinions on the changes in meetings with the 18 district council chairmen and civil servants, as well as in the Legislative Council, Law said.
'Do we have to change our choice of ministers if they have to wait for half a year [for the restructuring to be implemented]?' she said at RTHK's City Forum yesterday. '[It would] affect the continuity of policies.'
Amid mounting calls from pan-democratic lawmakers and academics for a thorough scrutiny of the proposed shake-up, Law continued to explain the planned new set-up, in which deputy posts will be created for both the chief secretary and the financial secretary.
Law said that on 'general matters', the bureau chiefs would report only to those deputies.
'There will not be another layer of bureaucracy in the restructuring plan, as the bureau heads only need to report up to the deputies. For general matters, it is not a must to go to the chief secretary and financial secretary,' she said.