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Establishment and Strength

  30.6.2025 30.9.2025
Establishment of the Government (Notes 1 & 3) 192 143 192 252
Strength of the Government (Notes 1 & 4) 173 050 172 548
Establishment of the Civil Service (Notes 2 & 3) 190 239 190 336
Strength of the Civil Service (Notes 2 & 4) 171 409 170 890
Notes:
  1. The establishment and strength figures of the Government include:
    (a) civil servants working in government departments;
    (b) those who have been seconded / posted to subvented / public-funded bodies, e.g. Hong Kong Monetary Authority and Hospital Authority; and
    (c) Judges and Judicial Officers, Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) officers and locally engaged staff working in Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices outside Hong Kong.
  2. The establishment and strength figures of the Civil Service include 1(a) and 1(b) only.
  3. Establishment figures include permanent and time-limited posts.
  4. Strength figures include officers on final leave.