AIMS AND PRINCIPLES

Aims

The Government exists to serve the community : it seeks to provide the services the community needs and the leadership Hong Kong needs to go on succeeding. 

Serving the Community is the Government's single most important aim, to which all civil servants should be committed.

It requires the Government to provide the services the community needs, and to provide the leadership Hong Kong needs to go on succeeding. To do so, we act in the public interest to:

·  foster stability and prosperity,
·  improve the quality of life for the whole community,
·  care for those who need help,
·  protect the rights and freedoms of the individual,
·  maintain the rule of law, and
·  encourage people to play their part in the community.

Principles

• BEING ACCOUNTABLE
• LIVINGWITHIN OUR MEANS
• MANAGING FOR PERFORMANCE
• DEVELOPING OUR CULTURE OF SERVICE 

 

AIMS

It is as true for the Government as for any other organization that we depend on our staff at all levels to achieve our aims. It is therefore important that we set these out so that staff have a clear sense of direction for their work, and know how their performance will be judged.

 
The Government's aim of Serving the Community is a simple concept, readily understood by civil servants. In support of this, departmental missions help staff focus their efforts on performing to their best in their particular area of work.

 
Human Resource Management is a planned approach to managing people effectively for performance. It aims to establish a more open, flexible and caring management style so that staff will be motivated, developed and managed in a way that they can and will give of their best to support departments' missions.