accessinfo.hk
Guy Freeman, 19th February 2019
In a democracy it is essential that people can access a wide range of information in order to participate in a real and effective way in the matters that affect them.
Public bodies are – or should be – acting as “servants of the people”. That’s why we all have the right of access to the information held by public bodies on our behalf.
International standards and jurisprudence have confirmed that this information belongs to the public.
From https://www.access-info.org/right-to-know:
which is available at access.gov.hk
Except when it's exempt. Clear?
1.14: The Code does not oblige departments to -
- acquire information not in their possession
- create a record which does not exist
- provide on request information which is already published, either free or at a charge, or
- provide information available through an existing charged service.
1.11 Written requests may be made by letter [...] and should be addressed to the Access to Information Officer of the department concerned.
That's a little too 19th-century for me.
My answer: