Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region
Statistics on Code on Access to Information for third quarter of 2024
The total number of requests received since the introduction of the Code in March 1995 and up to the end of September 2024 amounted to 130 935. Of these, 8 226 requests were subsequently withdrawn by the requestors and 6 482 requests covered cases in which the bureaux/departments concerned did not hold the requested information or cannot confirm or deny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 September 30, 2024, 790 requests were still being processed by bureaux/departments.
Among the 115 437 requests which covered information held by bureaux/departments and which the bureaux/departments had responded to, 112 104 requests (97.1 per cent) were met, either in full (109 073 requests) or in part (3 031 requests), and 3 333 requests (2.9 per cent) were refused.Issued at HKT 18:22
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