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Establishment and Strength

  31.3.2023 31.3.2024
Establishment of the Government (Notes 1 & 3) 194 211 194 092
(% change over previous year) (-0.1%) (-0.1%)
Strength of the Government (Notes 1 & 4) 175 246 174 695
(% change over previous year) (-1.5%) (-0.3%)
Establishment of the Civil Service (Notes 2 & 3) 192 323 192 234
(% change over previous year) (Note 5) (-0.1%) (*)
Strength of the Civil Service (Notes 2 & 4) 173 643 173 112
(% change over previous year) (-1.5%) (-0.3%)


Notes:
  1. The establishment and strength figures of the Government include:
    (a) civil servants working in government departments;
    (b) those who have been seconded / posted to subvented / public-funded bodies, e.g. Hong Kong Monetary Authority and Hospital Authority; and
    (c) Judges and Judicial Officers, Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) officers and locally engaged staff working in Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices outside Hong Kong.
  2. The establishment and strength figures of the Civil Service include 1(a) and 1(b) only.
  3. Establishment figures include permanent and time-limited posts.
  4. Strength figures include officers on final leave.
  5. (*) denotes percentage less than 0.05%.