Ensuring easy public access to carefully preserved archives allows for Hong Kong’s history – recent or distant – to be better understood
The need to better protect official archives and ensure public access to them has long been recognised in Hong Kong.
Unlike other parts of the world, the city lacks a law providing clear rules for the safeguarding of records. But despite a public consultation in 2018, progress has not been made.
The calls for an archives law have, in the past, been supported by the Office of the Ombudsman, the watchdog tasked with supervising the government and guarding against maladministration.
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