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TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 1988
"IT IS A MATTER ON WHICH I AM CONSULTING WITH IN OTHER COUNTRIES.
THE
AUTHORITIES
"AND I EXPECT THE PERCEPTION FROM ABROAD AS TO THE SAFETY OF DÁTA PERSONAL DATA IN HONG KONG TO DEPEND AS MUCH ON EVIDENCE OF GOOD PROTECTION PRACTICE AS ON THE PRESENCE OR OTHERWISE OF LEGISLATION."
THE BOOKLET "DATA PROTECTION OUT THAT TSAO POINTED PRINCIPLES AND GUIDELINES", ISSUED LAST WEEK, SOUGHT TO DATA PROTECTION PRACTICE, BOTH BY GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS PRIVATE SECTOR.
MR
PROMOTE GOOD AND IN THE
USERS, "IT PROVIDES FAIRLY COMPREHENSIVE GUIDANCE FOR COMPUTER
ENFORCE ALBEIT IN GENERAL TERMS, WITHOUT INTRODUCING ANY BIG STICK TO
CREATING ANY NEW RIGHTS FOR COMPLIANCE, AND WITHOUT AT THIS STAGE INDIVIDUALS.
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MR TAO
STRESSED
THAT THE
GOVERNMENT
WAS
NOT RUSHING
TO
LEGISLATE, NEITHER WAS IT PROCRASTINATING.
ANY EVENTUAL WITH OUR
"DATA PROTECTION IS A COMPLEX SUBJECT AND I WANT LEGISLATION TO STRIKE THE BEST POSSIBLE BALANCE, COMPATIBLE CIRCUMSTANCES.
IT,
WILL EXAMINE CRITICALLY "OVER THE NEXT YEAR, A WORKING GROUP OTHER COUNTRIES' LEGISLATION AND THEIR EXPERIENCE IN IMPLEMENTING
AND, PERHAPS WITH A VIEW TO ASSESSING WHAT MIGHT BEST SUIT HONG KONG EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, IDENTIFYING FEATURES TO AVOID," MR TSAO ADDED.
INDEPENDENT COMMITTEE TO REVIEW DISCIPLINED SERVICES' PAY AND CONDITIONS
STANDING COMMISSION ON AT THE REQUEST OF THE GOVERNMENT, THE CIVIL SERVICE SALARIES AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE HAS COMMISSIONED AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THE PAY AND CONDITIONS OF THE THE STANDING COMMISSION SAID DISCIPLINED SERVICES, A SPOKESMAN FOR TODAY (TUESDAY).
FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS
THE REVIEW WILL HAVE REGARD TO RECENT AND IN THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DISCIPLINED SERVICES AND WILL CONSIDER ΤΟ THE REST OF THE APPROPRIATE LEVELS OF REMUNERATION IN RELATION CIVIL SERVICE.
THE REVIEW IS TO
IN
TWO
THE
BE CONDUCTED AS FAR AS POSSIBLE DISTINCT PARTS, DEALING FIRST WITH THE POLICE AND THEREAFTER WITH OTHER DISCIPLINED SERVICES.
/THE REVIEW