Civil Service

Hong Kong's civil service chief Ingrid Yeung said a probe into last year's HK$166 million bottled water procurement scandal found three officers from the Government Logistics Department will be held accountable, while former director Carlson Chan Ka-shun had his Silver Bauhinia Star nomination rescinded despite no direct oversight.

December 19, 2025 Iniulat ng AI

Four years after the 2021 reform of France's high civil service under Emmanuel Macron, which abolished the prefectural corps, state representatives remain uneasy. The change aimed to open up and diversify the administration, but it still raises fears of an overly broad prefectural role and potential politicization.