GOVERNOR Chris Patten has accepted recommendations to tighten guidelines governing the jobs civil servants can take when they retire.
The rules have been changed in the wake of controversy over former police chief Li Kwan-ha's job with Cheung Kong.
Mr Li is unlikely to face a penalty for failing to seek approvalbefore joining Cheung Kong when he began pre-retirement leave in July last year.
A report to be published today contains sections on Mr Li's job and the guidelines.
It was approved by the Advisory Committee on Post-retirement Employment chaired by Sir Roger Lobo last week and endorsed by Mr Patten this week.
Secretary for Civil Service Michael Sze Cho-cheung said last night a copy of the report had been given to Mr Li.
However, he said officials had decided to tighten the circular issued by the Civil Service Branch on the 'Acceptance of Outside Appointments After Retirement', which was published in 1990.