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OFFICIAL RECORD of PROCEEDINGS Wednesday, 13 LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ─ 13 May 2015 10221 OFFICIAL RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Wednesday, 13 May 2015 The Council met at Eleven o'clock MEMBERS PRESENT: THE PRESIDENT THE HONOURABLE JASPER TSANG YOK-SING, G.B.S., J.P. THE HONOURABLE ALBERT HO CHUN-YAN THE HONOURABLE LEE CHEUK-YAN THE HONOURABLE CHAN KAM-LAM, S.B.S., J.P. THE HONOURABLE LEUNG YIU-CHUNG DR THE HONOURABLE LAU WONG-FAT, G.B.M., G.B.S., J.P. THE HONOURABLE EMILY LAU WAI-HING, J.P. THE HONOURABLE TAM YIU-CHUNG, G.B.S., J.P. THE HONOURABLE ABRAHAM SHEK LAI-HIM, G.B.S., J.P. THE HONOURABLE TOMMY CHEUNG YU-YAN, S.B.S., J.P. THE HONOURABLE FREDERICK FUNG KIN-KEE, S.B.S., J.P. THE HONOURABLE VINCENT FANG KANG, S.B.S., J.P. THE HONOURABLE WONG KWOK-HING, B.B.S., M.H. 10222 LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ─ 13 May 2015 PROF THE HONOURABLE JOSEPH LEE KOK-LONG, S.B.S., J.P., Ph.D., R.N. THE HONOURABLE JEFFREY LAM KIN-FUNG, G.B.S., J.P. THE HONOURABLE ANDREW LEUNG KWAN-YUEN, G.B.S., J.P. THE HONOURABLE WONG TING-KWONG, S.B.S., J.P. THE HONOURABLE CYD HO SAU-LAN, J.P. THE HONOURABLE STARRY LEE WAI-KING, J.P. THE HONOURABLE CHAN HAK-KAN, J.P. THE HONOURABLE CHAN KIN-POR, B.B.S., J.P. DR THE HONOURABLE PRISCILLA LEUNG MEI-FUN, S.B.S., J.P. DR THE HONOURABLE LEUNG KA-LAU THE HONOURABLE CHEUNG KWOK-CHE THE HONOURABLE WONG KWOK-KIN, S.B.S. THE HONOURABLE IP KWOK-HIM, G.B.S., J.P. THE HONOURABLE MRS REGINA IP LAU SUK-YEE, G.B.S., J.P. THE HONOURABLE PAUL TSE WAI-CHUN, J.P. THE HONOURABLE ALAN LEONG KAH-KIT, S.C. THE HONOURABLE LEUNG KWOK-HUNG THE HONOURABLE ALBERT CHAN WAI-YIP THE HONOURABLE WONG YUK-MAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ─ 13 May 2015 10223 THE HONOURABLE CLAUDIA MO THE HONOURABLE MICHAEL TIEN PUK-SUN, B.B.S., J.P. THE HONOURABLE JAMES TIEN PEI-CHUN, G.B.S., J.P. THE HONOURABLE NG LEUNG-SING, S.B.S., J.P. THE HONOURABLE STEVEN HO CHUN-YIN THE HONOURABLE FRANKIE YICK CHI-MING THE HONOURABLE WU CHI-WAI, M.H. THE HONOURABLE YIU SI-WING THE HONOURABLE GARY FAN KWOK-WAI THE HONOURABLE MA FUNG-KWOK, S.B.S., J.P. THE HONOURABLE CHARLES PETER MOK, J.P. THE HONOURABLE CHAN CHI-CHUEN THE HONOURABLE CHAN HAN-PAN, J.P. DR THE HONOURABLE KENNETH CHAN KA-LOK THE HONOURABLE LEUNG CHE-CHEUNG, B.B.S., M.H., J.P. THE HONOURABLE KENNETH LEUNG THE HONOURABLE ALICE MAK MEI-KUEN, J.P. DR THE HONOURABLE KWOK KA-KI THE HONOURABLE KWOK WAI-KEUNG THE HONOURABLE DENNIS KWOK 10224 LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ─ 13 May 2015 THE HONOURABLE CHRISTOPHER CHEUNG WAH-FUNG, S.B.S., J.P. THE HONOURABLE SIN CHUNG-KAI, S.B.S., J.P. DR THE HONOURABLE HELENA WONG PIK-WAN THE HONOURABLE IP KIN-YUEN DR THE HONOURABLE ELIZABETH QUAT, J.P. THE HONOURABLE MARTIN LIAO CHEUNG-KONG, S.B.S., J.P. THE HONOURABLE POON SIU-PING, B.B.S., M.H. DR THE HONOURABLE CHIANG LAI-WAN, J.P. IR DR THE HONOURABLE LO WAI-KWOK, B.B.S., M.H., J.P. THE HONOURABLE CHUNG KWOK-PAN THE HONOURABLE CHRISTOPHER CHUNG SHU-KUN, B.B.S., M.H., J.P. THE HONOURABLE TONY TSE WAI-CHUEN, B.B.S. MEMBERS ABSENT: THE HONOURABLE JAMES TO KUN-SUN THE HONOURABLE RONNY TONG KA-WAH, S.C. DR THE HONOURABLE LAM TAI-FAI, S.B.S., J.P. THE HONOURABLE CHAN YUEN-HAN, S.B.S., J.P. DR THE HONOURABLE FERNANDO CHEUNG CHIU-HUNG THE HONOURABLE TANG KA-PIU, J.P. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ─ 13 May 2015 10225 PUBLIC OFFICERS ATTENDING: THE HONOURABLE TSANG TAK-SING, G.B.S., J.P. SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS MR JAMES HENRY LAU JR., J.P. SECRETARY FOR FINANCIAL SERVICES AND THE TREASURY THE HONOURABLE LAI TUNG-KWOK, S.B.S., I.D.S.M., J.P. SECRETARY FOR SECURITY CLERKS IN ATTENDANCE: MR KENNETH CHEN WEI-ON, S.B.S., SECRETARY GENERAL MRS JUSTINA LAM CHENG BO-LING, DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL MISS FLORA TAI YIN-PING, ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL MISS ODELIA LEUNG HING-YEE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL 10226 LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ─ 13 May 2015 PRESIDENT (in Cantonese): Will the Clerk please ring the bell to summon Members to the Chamber. (After the summoning bell had been rung, a number of Members entered the Chamber) PRESIDENT (in Cantonese): Will Members please return to their seats. TABLING OF PAPERS The following paper was laid on the table under Rule 21(2) of the Rules of Procedure: Report No. 19/14-15 of the House Committee on Consideration of Subsidiary Legislation and Other Instruments WRITTEN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS Use and Management of Public Sector Information 1. MR CHARLES PETER MOK (in Chinese): President, in 2011, the Government launched the portal, Data.Gov.HK, for release of public sector information (PSI) in digital formats for re-use by the public free of charge. The information on the portal is provided by various government departments and public organizations with the aim of stimulating community creativity and ingenuity by enabling the public to make use of PSI data to develop innovative and practical applications for bringing convenience to the public and benefiting the community. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council: (1) whether an interconnection mechanism is in place among the various policy bureaux, government departments and public organizations for the integration of PSI data released through Data.Gov.HK and the facilitation of the shared use of such data; if so, of the details; if not, whether the authorities will study the feasibility of setting up such an interconnection mechanism; LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ─ 13 May 2015 10227 (2) whether it will consider putting in place an interconnection mechanism among the various policy bureaux, government departments and public organizations for the shared use of closed data, so as to improve work efficiency and encourage users to make use of the data to develop new applications; (3) whether the various policy bureaux and government departments have adopted common standards for the management and analysis of various kinds of PSI data at present, so as to enhance the Government's electronic services and upgrade the quality of public services; if they have, of the details; (4) of the respective numbers of courses on information technology topics, such as Big Data analysis, data management, etc., among the induction courses, continuing education courses and e-learning resources as well as the external courses under the Training Sponsorship Scheme organized by the authorities for civil servants in the past three years; whether the authorities will allocate additional resources and manpower to provide more trainings in PSI data for civil servants; (5) whether it has studied adding requirements on the collection, management and release of PSI data when granting franchises, licenses or service contracts to public utilities, telecommunications service providers, public transport operators and the organizations providing education, financial and social services, so as to promote the application of PSI data and develop Hong Kong into a smart city; if it has, of the specific details; (6) whether it will study hiring private companies to assist the various government departments in the management and analysis of PSI data and engagement of the advisory services of such companies; and (7) whether the authorities will provide subsidies for developers of applications to assist them in developing new products using PSI data, so as to encourage more talents to join the telecommunications and information technology industries and promote the development of these industries? 10228 LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ─ 13 May 2015 SECRETARY FOR COMMERCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (in Chinese): President, my reply to the seven-part question is as follows: (1) The Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO) has established the Data.Gov.HK one-stop portal to release public sector information (PSI) in digital formats. The Data.Gov.HK portal, built on the open source CKAN platform technology, collects and releases PSI from different departments in real time. The datasets are all available in digital formats (including CSV, JSON, RSS and XML, and so on), with some also released with application programming interfaces to facilitate downloading, processing, meshing and use. The platform and data formats of the portal are widely adopted by PSI websites in other advanced digital economies (such as the United States, Britain, Singapore, and so on). PSI presents good potentials for development: the more datasets, the greater the benefits. Therefore, Data.Gov.HK also allows non-governmental organizations to upload their PSI for reuse. At present, datasets provided by the MTR Corporation Limited and the Hong Kong Society for Rehabilitation are available on the portal. (2) Government departments share and exchange data as and when necessary to enhance operational efficiency and quality of public services. For instance, the OGCIO has integrated the data on addresses of buildings and streets across the territory for sharing among different departments to facilitate fast and accurate searching and verification of addresses, significantly reducing the costs of updating and maintaining the address database. This notwithstanding, as some internal data within Government involve personal privacy or confidential information, and different government departments have different business needs and operational modes, sharing of data will only be considered having regard to actual circumstances. If sharing of data is considered necessary, the departments concerned will determine the scope of data to be shared and work out the operational arrangements, subject to consent of the data subjects and compliance with the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance.
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