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The following are my replies to the three questions asked by Mr Leung.
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The Government began promoting and publicizing the Ordinance in August 1995 when this Council had passed the Ordinance but the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data had not yet been established. Efforts by the Home Affairs Branch to promote the Ordinance during the year from August 1995 include:
1. 50,000 copies of two information booklets were prepared and distributed to promote the Ordinance and provide guidance to data users:
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Nearly 100,000 posters were distributed, and some had been displayed on 100 advertisement boards at various MTR stations for one to three weeks;
Representatives attended some 30 seminars and workshops during which members of public and private organisations were briefed on the Ordinance. Participants amounted to some 2,400; and
A telephone hotline was set up and approximately 5 to 10 enquiries were received every day.
Since the establishment of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data on 1.8.1996, publicity and promotion efforts have been stepped up. In order to heighten public awareness of the rights to privacy, the Office has carried out the following work:
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Publishing a pamphlet entitled "Personal Information: Your Privacy Rights Explained", and so far around 90,000 copies have been distributed;
Distributing some 7,000 posters and arranging TV and radio promos to go on air from 20.12.1996 onwards;
Organising Logo Design
Logo Design Competition to
Competition to enhance public awareness of the work of the Office:
Joining the Internet, and so far almost 8,000 visits have been made to the Office's home page;