Ombudsman

Ombudsman chides Lands Department for lax attitude to pet columbarium

10 May 2013

The department did not consider the case "high priority" because there were no fire safety breaches, so it issued only warnings to the company over the years, Alan Lai Nin said.

4:46AM

Policy on al fresco dining 'has no bite'

9 May 2013

The watchdog, in an investigation, identified a list of problems in the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department's enforcement policy.

5:58AM

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'Disappointing' response on access code investigation

5 Feb 2013

Fewer than 20 submissions have been received by the Ombudsman a month after he announced an investigation into the proposal to restrict the city's access to information code, the watchdog's office...

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Veteran archivists press for legislation in Hong Kong

25 Jan 2013

Veteran archivists will assist the Ombudsman in an investigation into management of and public access to government records, in the hope that it will lead to archival legislation in Hong Kong.

4:13AM

Confusion over social security means test

11 Jan 2013

The Ombudsman has hit out at the Social Welfare Department for setting "contradictory criteria" that led to an elderly couple initially losing a month's payments in Comprehensive Social Security...

4:10AM

Ombudsman investigates information access code

5 Jan 2013

The Ombudsman has launched an investigation into the government's access to information code and records management system, after years of calls for legislation to better protect government...

4:15AM

Opinion

Michael Cox

The 1-2 punch heard around the world

5:37PM

Wang Xiangwei

Placating graduates a work in progress

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5:24AM

Call for archive law to protect valuable government data

The city needs a law to protect archives from being lost under the maladministration of government departments, a problem that has not been handled properly despite repeated advice, a veteran...

4:06AM

Officials need to ensure better public access to sports venues

Officials are expected to take good care of public resources and facilities. Regrettably, they have once again been put to shame by the Ombudsman, who found serious flaws in the way the city's...

1:28AM

Leisure and Cultural Services Department targets booking touts

Officials in charge of public sports venues plan to impose penalties and booking restrictions to curb online touting of permits to use the facilities after coming under fire again for tolerating...

4:34AM

Ombudsman probes textbook publishers

The Ombudsman is investigating the government funding of two Beijing-loyalist centres that published textbooks for the national education course starting next month and sent them to schools.

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10:54PM

Lantau school denies HK$1 land abuse claim

An international school on Lantau has accused the Ombudsman of making a groundless allegation that it cheated on its previous non-profit-making status to take advantage of a HK$1 plot of state...

4:26PM

Ombudsman's criticism gets short shrift

The Development Bureau has openly rejected advice from the Ombudsman in the first such instance in three years after the watchdog criticised the Lands Department for being loose in granting land...

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