EXECUTIVE ORDER
No. 1 of 1997
I, TUNG Chee-hwa, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, pursuant to the power vested in me by Article 48(4) of the Basic Law, make the following Order—
PART I
Preliminary
1. Citation and commencement
(1) This Order may be cited as the Public Service (Administration) Order 1997.
(2) This Order shall be deemed to have come into operation on 1 July 1997.
2. Interpretation
In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires—
“Basic Law” (《基本法》) means the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China;
“Category A Officer” (甲類人員) means an officer who is appointed to and confirmed in an established office;
“Category B Officer” (乙類人員) means any officer who—
- (a) holds a non-established office;
- (b) holds an established office either on month-to-month terms or probationary terms; or
- (c) holds an office on agreement terms;
“established office” (設定職位) has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of the Pensions Ordinance (Cap. 89);
“HKSAR” (特區) means the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China;
“non-established office” (非設定職位) means an office which is not an established office;
“public officer” (公職人員) means public officer within the meaning of section 3 of the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance (Cap. 1);
