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Following is a question by the Hon Sin Chung-kai and a written reply by the Secretary for Security, Mr Ambrose S K Lee, in the Legislative Council today (April 28):

Question:

The Inter-departmental Working Group on Computer Related Crime released its report in December 2000, in which recommendations for improving the existing measures to tackle computer-related crimes were made. In July 2001, the Security Bureau announced that some of the recommendations proposed by the Working Group had been adopted and would be implemented in phases. It also advised that a Committee on Computer Crime would be established to monitor the development trend of computer crimes and coordinate the efforts among relevant parties. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council of:

(a) the details of the progress of those recommendations that have been adopted, broken down by short, medium and long term and, among them, those of which the implementation work has been completed, is in progress and is yet to commence; and

(b) the details of the progress in establishing the Committee on Computer Crime?

Reply:

Madam President,

(a) and (b) The Inter-departmental Working Group on Computer Related Crime put forward a total of 57 recommendations. After consultation with the Legislative Council and the public, the Government has essentially adopted all the recommendations, and modified two. Progress of the implementation of the recommendations involving short, medium and long term measures is tabulated in the Annex.

Ends/Wednesday, Arpil 28, 2004

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