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Establishment and Strength

  31.3.2024 30.6.2024
Establishment of the Government (Notes 1 & 3) 194 092 193 622
Strength of the Government (Notes 1 & 4) 174 695 174 025
Establishment of the Civil Service (Notes 2 & 3) 192 234 191 724
Strength of the Civil Service (Notes 2 & 4) 173 112 172 395
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.