MACAU
Macau’s Commission of Audit (CA) has accused the Public Administration and Civil Service Bureau (SAFP) recruitment program of being “ineffective, time-consuming, high-cost, and characterised by an inadequate matching of people and positions”.
The report specifically accused the SAFP of poorly enforcing the recruitment system set up in 2011 and amended in 2016.
“The efficiency of the recruitment and coordination of the SAFP is unreasonably low,” the report said.
Lawmaker Ho Ion Sang (pictured) took the SAFP to task in a series of questions in the Legislative Assembly, saying it currently took a Macau resident one to two years to apply for a job and to eventually start work in the position.
“The procedure for Civil Servants’ recruitment and selection takes a long time and incurs large costs,” Mr Ho said.
“In the future, what kind of exact institutional measures will the authority propose to improve the effectiveness of all procedures and reduce the waste of resources, as well as to reduce the negative influence in public and Governmental Departments?”
He asked if the Government would consider establishing a database for talented people, and list names of people who were qualified but had not taken the Public Service examination.
“Can they be placed on a waiting list for urgent needs of human resources of various Departments, in order to make the recruitment system more effective?” Mr Ho asked.
He also called for sanctions against people who applied for the Public Service examination and then did not turn up to take it, wasting time and resources.
Macau, 22 September 2019
