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1. Comment - Insight & Opinion

   Open access to directors' names, but not their home addresses

   Posted Feb 06th 2013, 12:00am by JOHN BACON-SHONE

   ... Comment Insight & Opinion Privacy Companies Ordinance Transparency John Bacon-Shone John Bacon-Shone welcomes the government review of company data The recent debate about the government proposals to restrict access to the personal information of company directors has been one-sided, so it is useful to re-examine the arguments carefully to see which elements, if any, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1143971/open-access-directors-names-not-their-home-addresses
2. Comment - Insight & Opinion

   Hong Kong must not add another cloak of secrecy to company operations

   Posted Feb 05th 2013, 12:00am by BEAU LEFLER

   ... Comment Insight & Opinion Privacy Secrecy Transparent Beau Lefler Beau Lefler says the government’s proposal to hide the identity of directors can only hurt society News of a government proposal to obscure the identities of company directors was met internationally with bewilderment and locally with embarrassment. Officials have again showed a profoundly flawed ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1143254/hong-kong-must-not-add-another-cloak-secrecy-company
3. More transparency urged from courts

   Posted Feb 21st 2012, 12:00am

   ... Humanities Open Government Transparency Media Transparency Ng Tze-wei tzewei.ng@scmp.com Most government departments have become more transparent through disclosures online in the past three years, ...

   http://beta.scmp.com/article/993216/more-transparency-urged-courts
4. News - China

   Transparency a key lesson learned from Sars outbreak in mainland China

   Posted Feb 22nd 2013, 12:00am by ZHUANG PINGHUI

   ... News China SARS China Transparency Mao Qunan Zhuang Pinghui pinghui.zhuang@scmp.com Sars taught China many lessons, one of the most important being that increased transparency would have made handling the epidemic much easier, says former Ministry of Health spokesman Mao Qunan. Ten years ago, after mounting criticism from governments around the world and the World Health ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1155641/transparency-key-lesson-learned-sars-outbreak-mainland-china
5. Comment - Insight & Opinion

   Heavier penalties needed to deter cover-ups of accidents in China

   Posted Jan 24th 2013, 12:00am by Hu Shuli

   ... Comment Insight & Opinion Accident Accident cover-up Transparency Hu Shuli Hu Shuli says two recent cases show up China's lax supervision of power and the distorted incentives that encourage local governments to lie The attempted cover-up of two recent industrial accidents in Shanxi dealt yet another blow to government credibility in China. In the first, the China Railway ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1134541/heavier-penalties-needed-deter-cover-ups-accidents-china
6. Our property market has to be transparent

   Posted Mar 25th 2010, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... they were seeking to manipulate the market. Part of the problem is the lack of transparency for property deals. Housing chief Eva Cheng was asked in the Legislative Council why the use of misleading ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/709563/our-property-market-has-be-transparent
7. News - China - TRANSPARENCY

   Fresh call for China's top leaders to declare assets

   Posted Apr 17th 2013, 12:00am by LAURA ZHOU

   ... News China Personal Assets Disclosure Chinese Leaders Transparency Laura Zhou laura.zhou@scmp.com After politicians in US, France and Russia make public their earnings and wealth, bloggers call on China's top officials to follow suit Chinese internet users have urged the country's top leaders to follow US, Russian and French leaders by making their personal assets ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1216329/fresh-call-chinas-leaders-follow-us-and-russia-and-declare-assets
8. Freedom of information law the only logical step

   Posted Feb 27th 2009, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... better step would be implementation of a freedom of information law. Many governments have put such legislation in place. They do so knowing that transparency and openness are essential ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/671377/freedom-information-law-only-logical-step
9. The artful dodgers

   Posted Aug 02nd 2008, 12:00am by Stephen Vines

   ... exactly how all public money is spent. A very uneven level of transparency prevails here, with some organisations providing quite detailed accounts of their activities while others provide ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/647544/artful-dodgers
10. Opening up

    Posted Jan 25th 2008, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

    ... Education Politics Transparency The government has announced a series of measures to make district councils more open and streamline their operations. Do you agree that there is a need for greater transparency at district level? Write to us. ...

    http://www.scmp.com/article/624157/opening

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