Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region
Statistics on Code on Access to Information for fourth quarter of 2024
The total number of requests received since the introduction of the Code in March 1995 and up to the end of December 2024 amounted to 134 124. Of these, 8 767 requests were subsequently withdrawn by the requestors, and 6 623 requests covered cases in which the bureaux/departments concerned did not hold the requested information or cannot confirm or deny the existence of information. As at December 31, 2024, 653 requests were still being processed by bureaux/departments.
Among the 118 081 requests which covered information held by bureaux/departments and to which the bureaux/departments had responded, 114 706 requests (97.1 per cent) were met, either in full (111 597 requests) or in part (3 109 requests), and 3 375 requests (2.9 per cent) were refused.Issued at HKT 15:30
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