No extra civil servants have been recruited for the 70-strong team at the Chief Executive's Office, according to its spokesman.
Announcing the office's budget estimates yesterday, the spokesman said 34 staff had been seconded and redeployed to the office.
They include Michael Suen Ming-yeung, the only policy secretary, office director Fanny Law Fan Chiu-fun, and director of information and public relations Irene Yau Lee Chee-yan.
Others include information and executive officers, personal secretaries, clerical staff and a driver.
Another 35 have been transferred to the office of Tung Chee-hwa under the 'on loan' arrangement.
They provide mainly secretarial services and will return to their department as soon as the workload at Mr Tung's office eases.