Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region
The Secretary for the Civil Service (SCS), Mrs Ingrid Yeung, presented the SCS’s Commendation Award to civil servants from various bureaux and departments with persistent exemplary work performances, and awards of the Civil Service Volunteer Commendation Scheme (CSVCS) to recognise civil service volunteer teams and individuals for their outstanding performances and contributions in participating in and promoting volunteer services at the SCS’s Commendation Award and Civil Service Volunteer Commendation Award Presentation Ceremony 2025 at the Central Government Offices today (March 12). The Chief Executive, Mr John Lee, also attended the ceremony to extend his congratulations to the award recipients.
Addressing the ceremony, Mrs Yeung said that all civil servants should take the initiative to understand the content of the outline of the 15th Five-Year Plan and actively reflect on how to align their work with it and contribute to Hong Kong’s alignment with the 15th Five-Year Plan, thereby enabling Hong Kong to better integrate into and serve the overall national development. She expressed confidence that civil servants would continue to uphold a strong sense of responsibility and mission, coupled with an innovative mindset, to enhance public service standards with a view to enabling Hong Kong to achieve high-quality development.
Mrs Yeung congratulated the awardees and thanked them for their dedication to serving the public through their work or volunteer services, setting an excellent example for the entire civil service. A total of 100 civil servants received the SCS’s Commendation Award in 2025. They are from 39 bureaux and departments across 55 grades, including professional and technical grades, disciplined services and general grades. The Civil Service Bureau (CSB) has lifted, since 2024, the requirement that award recipients must have 20 years of service to be eligible for a travel award such that all awardees could benefit regardless of their length of service. Among the 2025 awardees, 16 have less than 20 years of service, which fully demonstrates the departments’ readiness to commend colleagues with outstanding performances with varied lengths of service as an encouragement and as a role model.