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Appointments to the Civil Service
(excluding Judges and Judicial Officers, ICAC officers and locally engaged staff working in Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices outside Hong Kong)

By terms of appointment

Terms of appointment (Notes 1 to 5) 2022-2023 2023-2024
Local  442 436
Overseas 0 0
Common 3 2
New 9 753 11 840
Total 10 198 12 278

Appointments to the Civil Service during 2023-2024 -- By salary groups and terms of appointment

Salary Group Terms of Appointment (Notes 1 to 7)
Local Overseas Common New Total (%)
Directorate Pay Scale or equivalent 3 0 0 4 7 (0.1)
Master Pay Scale 35 0 2 8 390 8 427 (68.6)
Police Pay Scale (Points 1-54b) 386 0 0  966 1 352 (11.0)
Disciplined Services (Officer) and (Rank & File) Pay Scales 12 0 0 1 683 1 695 (13.8)
Model Scale 1 Pay Scale 0 0 0  650  650 (5.3)
Training Pay Scale 0 0 0 147 147 (1.2)
Total 436 0 2 11 840 12 278 (100.0)
(%) (3.6) (0.0) (*) (96.4) (100.0)  
Notes:
  1. "Local" refers to the set of terms offered to a local officer appointed before the introduction of common terms.
  2. "Overseas" refers to the set of terms offered to an overseas officer appointed before the introduction of common terms.
  3. "Common" refers to a common set of terms of appointment and conditions of service applicable to new appointees to the Civil Service on civil service terms and conditions who are offered appointment on or after 1 January 1999 and before 1 June 2000.
  4. "New" refers to new sets of terms of appointment and conditions of service applicable to new appointees to the Civil Service on civil service terms and conditions who are offered appointment on or after 1 June 2000.
  5. Appointments figures are inclusive of in-service appointments and re-employment after retirement.
  6. (%) denotes percentage to total. (These figures may not add up exactly to the total due to rounding.)
  7. (*) denotes percentage less than 0.05%.