Legislators are making it plain that Governor Chris Patten's written reply to the public service panel on the resignation of the former director of immigration, Laurence Leung, is unlikely to achieve the desired effect.
In what looked like an obvious bid to keep the lid on the affair, Mr Patten said there was nothing to add to previous statements.
But the issue will be back at the top of the agenda as soon as the new session of Legco begins on October 2.
A senior member of the council is planning to press the Government for more information on the case.
This time, he is preparing to produce evidence as to why 55-year-old Mr Leung quit his job so suddenly in July.
The word is that some administrators who know the facts are planning to plead a local version of the Fifth Amendment if they are called upon for details.
