As part of an efficiency drive Premier Hau Pei-tsun recently instructed the CPA to study ways of trimming manning levels by 5 percent, or nearly 26,500 people. This initiative has come as a bombshell to the once secure ranks of the civil service.
為加強公務機關的行政效率，行政院長郝柏村最近指示人事行政局，研究裁撤各機關中不適任人員，人數比例暫訂為百分之五；以人數來看，將達二萬六千五百人。