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Civil service records will be left for future administration
In response to questions about civil service personnel records, a Government spokesman said today (Friday) that all material, necessary for the administration of the civil service, including staff appraisal reports, would be left for the future Administration.
"The allegation in some press reports today that such material would be sent to the UK before June 1997 is simply not true," he said.
The spokesman added: "Records we keep on civil servants will be available for the future administration.
"The records will include the results of integrity checks for senior civil servants. However, the detailed information required in the checking process will be destroyed. All officers who have been or will be subject to integrity checks, have been informed of this practice."
The spokesman explained that it had always been the Government's intention that, as part of the newly introduced integrity checking system, sensitive personal information collected in the course of integrity checking of senior civil servants would be destroyed once the checking procedure on an officer had been completed and his status established.
"Detailed records which go into an officer's lifestyle and records of interviews including that with his referees, will no longer be required once his integrity has been clearly established," he said.
"Civil servants are naturally concerned about the provision and collection of such highly personal information and destroying the material once the check has been completed provides the necessary reassurance," the spokesman said.
On the question of providing information on senior civil servants, the spokesman said: "Under the Basic Law, the Chief Executive will nominate principal officials to the Central People's Government for appointment.
"To enable the Chief Executive (Designate) to make such nominations, the Hong Kong Government will co-operate by providing him with the necessary information," he said.