PROPOSALS to create more senior posts have been put to the Government in a bid to pacify local civil servants whose promotion will be blocked by expatriate contract officers switching to local terms.
The idea was raised yesterday by the heads of several government departments during meetings with the Secretary for Civil Service Anson Chan Fang On-sang, which aimed to find ways of minimising the impact of the new policy on the public sector.
The lands, building, environmental protection and legal aid departments were among the first batch of the 10 sections expected to be hardest hit by the change, to meet Mrs Chan.
It is understood proposals to open more senior posts in these departments were suggested, so local staff expecting to get promoted would still have the opportunity.
But the Government has not made any commitment on the proposals.
The Director of Legal Aid, Lady Pauline Cheung Cheng Po-lin, said that at the meeting she mainly explained the problems her department would face under the new policy.