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Principal Officials Accountability System
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主要官員問責制
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主要官员问责制
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Zhǔyào Guānyuán Wènzé Zhì
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Principal Officials Accountability System, commonly referred to as the Ministerial system (Chinese: 高官問責制),[1] sometimes the Accountability System, was introduced in Hong Kong by chief executive Tung Chee Hwa in July 2002. It is a system whereby all principal officials, including the Chief Secretary, Financial Secretary, Secretary for Justice and head of government bureaux would no longer be politically neutral career civil servants. Instead, they would all be political appointees chosen by the chief executive.
Under the new system, all heads of bureaux would become ministers, members of the Executive Council, a refashioned cabinet. They would report directly to the chief executive instead of the Chief Secretary or the Financial Secretary.
POAS was portrayed as the key to solving previous administrative problems, notably the lack of co-operation of high-ranking civil servants with the chief executive. The changes were introduced by Tung at the beginning of his second term, with the hope of resolving difficulties he faced in governance.[2]
It was expanded and superseded by the Political Appointment System in 2008.[3][4]
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^Yau, Cannix (31 May 2002). "Legco green light for accountability system". The Standard. Hong Kong. Archived from the original on 30 April 2008. Retrieved 11 January 2007.
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