Saturday, November 16, 2013

Destruction of archives is one more dirty government secret





The Archives Action Group, which is seeking to redress Hong Kong's hopelessly inadequate arrangements for safeguarding public records, has taken its case to the Ombudsman. In its submission, it notes that many countries have laws governing the management of their records. Hong Kong gets by with a system of administrative guidance. But over the years, this system has demonstrated "inherent system weakness" in three broad areas covering mandate and governance, structure and operations, and standards and professionalism.









via Business feed http://www.scmp.com/business/article/1357334/destruction-archives-one-more-dirty-government-secret

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