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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1992

"TO STEP UP

PUBLICITY,

THE COUNTRY

PARKS

AUTHORITY

HAS

RECENTLY ASKED HIKING GROUPS TO HELP PROMOTE THE SAFETY MESSAGE.

THE HONG KONG FEDERATION

MOBILE DISPLAY

"FOR

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EXAMPLE, ACTIVITIES HAS SET UP A DISTRIBUTES LEAFLETS CENTRES, HE ADDED.

ΤΟ

THE

PUBLIC

OF

ON AT THE

COUNTRYSIDE SAFETY COUNTRYSIDE COUNTRY

PARK

AND VISITOR

DATA PROTECTION PAPER TO BE PUBLISHED SOON

AN INTERIM REPORT ON DATA PROTECTION WILL BE PUBLISHED IN FEBRUARY NEXT YEAR FOR PUBLIC CONSULTATION AND THE RELATED LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS WILL BE INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

IN EARLY

1994.

MICHAEL

THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR SUEN, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON ROGER LUK IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

LEGISLATION

MR SUEN SAID THE WORKING GROUP ON DATA PROTECTION UNDER HIS CHAIRMANSHIP HAD EXAMINED THE DATA PROTECTION LAWS IN FORCE IN A NUMBER OF COUNTRIES.

THESE COUNTRIES INCLUDED CANADA, FINLAND, GERMANY, THE NETHERLANDS, SWEDEN, THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO ASSESS THEIR APPLICABILITY TO HONG KONG.

"WE HAVE FURTHER DELIBERATED ON THE FEATURES TO BE EMBODIED IN A LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK APPROPRIATE FOR HONG KONG, AS WELL AS THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE PROTECTION SCHEME, SUCH AS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A DATA PROTECTION AUTHORITY," ADDED.

HE

HE ALSO SAID OTHER ASPECTS CURRENTLY UNDER EXAMINATION INCLUDED LEGAL SANCTIONS AGAINST BREACHES OF DATA PROTECTION PROVISIONS; POSSIBLE EXEMPTIONS FROM COMPLIANCE AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ISSUES.

ON THE WORK PROGRESS OF THE LAW REFORM COMMISSION'S PRIVACY SUB-COMMITTEE, MR SUEN SAID IT HAD BEEN EXAMINING THE PROTECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION IN RECORDED FORM.

THE SUB-COMMITTER'S TERMS OF REFERENCE WERE BROADER THAN THOSE OF THE WORKING GROUP, NOT BEING RESTRICTED TO AUTOMATED DATA, HE SAID.

MR SUEN POINTED OUT THAT IT HAD SO FAR HELD 46 MEETINGS AND INTENDED TO PUBLISH ITS INTERIM REPORT ON DATA PROTECTION FOR PUBLIC CONSULTATION IN FEBRUARY NEXT YEAR.

TO ENSURE THAT THE WORK OF THE DATA PROTECTION LEGISLATION WORKING GROUP AND THE PRIVACY SUB-COMMITTEE IS CO-ORDINATED,

HE SAID TWO MEMBERS OF THE WORKING GROUP HAD BEEN APPOINTED AS MEMBERS OF SUB-COMMITTEE FROM THE OUTSET, AND THAT THE SECRETARIES OF THE GROUPS MAINTAINED REGULAR LIAISON.

THE

TWO

/THE PROPOSALS