Some MPs worked the expenses system too disreputably to keep their seats or, in some cases, their ministerial jobs or places on the Conservative front bench.

一些操纵开支系统的议员们因够声名狼藉，或者在一些事情上，因他们的部门指责和地位在保守派议会前座才保住他们的位置。

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At present, we urgently need: improve the provincial and ministerial corrupt officials'family properties declaration system as the core institution to prevent conflicts of interest;

当前迫切需要：以完善省部级领导干部家庭财产申报制度为核心健全防止利益冲突制度；

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But the territory's 21? top civil servants, accustomed to having direct access to the governor, are unlikely to welcome a ministerial system.

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Even so, Chung and another Tung appointee, Nellie Fong Wong Kat Man, are reportedly working out details of a ministerial system that will allow the chief executive to replace some secretary-level officials he reappointed for stability's sake.

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One reason why Anson Chan, Hong Kong's chief secretary, or senior civil servant, left her job in April last year was her belief (though never stated publicly) that the proposed ministerial system would lead to the politicisation of the civil service.

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