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Re: Request for information under Code on Access to Information
(Application no. RDCD-0000297-23)
02/06/2023 17:22
From:
RM/IMMD/HKSARG
To:
"H. Y. Fung" <
[email protected]>
Dear H. Y. Fung,
I refer to your request for access to information on 24 April 2023. Further to
our interim replies of 2 May 2023 and 11 May 2023, our reply is provided as
below.
(1) The Ma Tau Kok Detention Centre (“MTKDC”) is located on the first and
second floors of the Ma Tau Kok Road Government Offices, and is under the
command of the Deportation and Removal Section (“the Section”) of the
Immigration Department (“ImmD”). In addition to the management of daily
operation of the MTKDC, the Section is responsible for handling matters
relating to deportation. The day-to-day operational expenses of the Section also
cover other offices and facilities located in the same building.
The costs of meals for detainees and staff remuneration of the MTKDC for the
financial year 2022-23 are tabulated as follows:
2022-23
Costs of meals
for detainees
2.22
($ million)
Staff
remuneration#
21.41
($ million)
# In terms of the notional annual mid-point salary
The ImmD does not maintain a breakdown of all other operational expenses of
the MTKDC.
(2) The operational expenses of detention at the Castle Peak Bay Immigration
Centre for the financial year 2022-23 are tabulated as follows:
2022-23
Costs of meals
for detainees
9.01
($ million)
Staff
remuneration
123.65
($ million)
Management of
facilities
11.63
($ million)
Medical costs of
detainees
13.24
($ million)
Other costs
relating
to treatment of
7.91
detainees
($ million)
Total cost
165.44
($ million)
(3) (i) The costs of meals for detainees of individual places of detention
specified in the Immigration (Places of Detention) Order (Cap. 115B) and
located in various control points/offices for the financial year 2022-23 are
tabulated as follows:
Annual costs of
2022-23 Note1
meals for
detainees ($)
Control Point
Airport
314,331
Lok Ma Chau Spur Line
0
West Kowloon Station of the
0
Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong
Express Rail Link
Shenzhen Bay
0
Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge
0
Heung Yuen Wai
0
Macau Ferry Terminal
995
China Ferry Terminal
167
Kai Tak Cruise Terminal
0
River Trade Terminal
0
Harbour Control
1,085
Note 1: In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government has suspended passenger clearance
services at most of the control points in phases from late January 2020 to early 2023. The details of
the previous suspension are as follows:
- West Kowloon Station of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link, Hung Hom,
Man Kam To, Sha Tau Kok and China Ferry Terminal (with effect from 30 January 2020);
- Lo Wu, Lok Ma Chau Spur Line, Lok Ma Chau and Hong Kong Macau Ferry Terminal (with effect
from 4 February 2020);
- Tuen Mun Ferry Terminal (passenger clearance services have been suspended with effect from 30
January 2020 and cross-boundary passenger ferry services ceased formally on 8 June 2021); and
- Kai Tak Cruise Terminal (passenger clearance services have been suspended with effect from 5
February 2020 and resumed for Hong Kong residents between 30 July 2021 and 6 January 2022
due to the introduction of “cruise-to-nowhere” itineraries).
The normal travel of persons between Hong Kong and the Mainland has been resumed progressively
in phases starting from 8 January 2023. Apart from the Hong Kong International Airport (flights
between Hong Kong and the Mainland), the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge and the Shenzhen Bay
Control Point that are in operation, the following control points are reopened:
- Macau Ferry Terminal, China Ferry Terminal, Man Kam To and Lok Ma Chau Spur Line (with
effect from 8 January 2023);
- West Kowloon Station of the Guangdong-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link (with effect
from 15 January 2023); and
- Lo Wu and Lok Ma Chau (with effect from 6 February 2023).
The Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point commenced operation on 26 August 2020 with cargo
clearance service only. It commenced full operation (including cargo and passenger clearance
services) on 6 February 2023.
The San Uk Ling Holding Centre (SULHC) is a place of detention specified in
the Immigration (Places of Detention) Order (Cap. 115B) and falls under the
purview of Ta Kwu Ling Divisional Police Station of the Police. The ImmD has
a clearance centre in SULHC for the repatriation of persons entering Hong
Kong illegally from the Mainland. As the clearance centre is part of the daily
operation of the ImmD, the ImmD does not maintain a breakdown of the annual
operational expenses of the clearance centre.
(ii) The costs of remuneration of the staff establishment for handling the daily
operation of individual places of detention specified in the Immigration (Places
of Detention) Order (Cap. 115B) and located in various control points/offices
for the financial year 2022-23 are tabulated as follows:
Annual remuneration
2022-23 Note3
costs($ million)Note2
Control point/
Office Note4
Airport
31.95
Lok Ma Chau Spur Line
2.60
Shenzhen Bay
4.24
Hong Kong-Zhuhai-
10.72
Macao
Bridge
Hong
Kong
Port
Heung Yuen Wai
4.09
Boundary Control Point
Kai Tak Cruise Terminal
0.66
SULHC Note 5
5.80
Note 2: In terms of the notional annual mid-point salary
Note 3: Please refer to Note 1 in 3(i) above
Note 4: The ImmD does not maintain a breakdown of the staff establishment of places of detention
located inside the following control points:
- Macau Ferry Terminal, China Ferry Terminal, River Trade Terminal, Harbour Control and West
Kowloon Station of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link.
Note 5: The SULHC is a place of detention specified in the Immigration (Places of Detention) Order
(Cap. 115B) and falls under the purview of Ta Kwu Ling Divisional Police Station of the Police. The
ImmD has a clearance centre in SULHC for the repatriation of persons entering Hong Kong illegally
from the Mainland.
(iii) The places of detention specified in the Immigration (Places of Detention)
Order (Cap. 115B) and located in various control points/offices of the ImmD
are part of the daily operation of the respective control points/offices. The
ImmD does not maintain a breakdown of other operational expenses incurred
for the operation of the places of detention.
Access to Information Officer
Immigration Department
