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SCMP Reporter

Betty Tung Chiu Hung-ping's maid would not apply for the domestic helper's post being offered by the Chief Executive's Office, a spokesman for Tung Chee-hwa said yesterday.

 Au King-chi, Mr Tung's press secretary, said Mrs Tung's maid had finished her contract and would not be re-employed.

 'It is because of this she needs to recruit another employee to help her. The Filipino maid was paid at [Mrs Tung's] own expense,' Ms Au said.

 'But as she's left, we consider it reasonable to deploy staff from the establishment of the Chief Executive's Office to serve her.'  Government House staff before the handover included one housekeeper and 30 domestic helpers.

 Two helpers have retired and the Chief Executive's Office now wants to fill one of the posts to help Mrs Tung.

 The South China Morning Post reported yesterday that the Chief Executive's Office was recruiting a domestic helper at a monthly salary of at least $16,095 - four times the minimum wage of foreign domestic helpers.

 The team now serves Government House, the Chief Executive's Office, Fanling Lodge and Grenville House, Magazine Gap Road, where Mr Tung lives.

 A Civil Service Bureau spokesman said pay for domestic staff would be included in the soon-to-be-conducted 'qualification benchmark review' to ensure civil servants' salaries were comparable to those of the private sector.

 'The review will aim to cover all grades, including the Domestic Staff grade,' he said.

 'Should the review show that our pay is above that of the private sector, appropriate measures will be taken to address the problem.' The spokesman said the basic recruitment rank for domestic staff in the Chief Executive's Residence was Domestic Staff V, which has a monthly salary of $10,420-$12,595.

 He said Domestic Staff III - the post being advertised - was a promotion post for Domestic Staff IV.

 'We do not normally recruit at promotion rank, but in the absence of a suitable officer at the Domestic Staff IV rank, this post was advertised . . . in accordance with established civil service recruitment procedures.'  Mr Tung was criticised last year for employing his own chauffeur without going through normal civil service recruitment procedure, after being selected as Chief Executive.



Betty Tung's maid not up for new job