Detainees at TGCI and option of employment
Dear Correctional Services Department,
I am writing to make an information request regarding immigration detainees held at Tai Tam Gap Correctional Institution (TGCI).
Under rule 201 of Part II of the Prison Rules (Cap. 234A), detainees may have an ‘option of employment’. Considering that the immigration detainees held at TGCI are governed under Part II of the Prison Rules but are also non-refoulement claimants who normally are not granted the right to work, I would like to understand:
1) Do immigration detainees at TGCI have the ‘option of employment’?
2) If so, what work is available to immigration detainees held at TGCI?
3) Is remuneration available and if so, what are the rates?
Thank you kindly for your help on this matter.
Yours faithfully,
H. Y. Fung
Dear Sir/ Madam,
Our department has received your application for access to information on
10.6.2022. Your application is now under processing. According to
paragraph 1.16 of the Code on Access to Information, our department will
inform you of the latest progress of the case separately on or before
30.6.2022. In the meantime, please contact Officer CHAN Yu-hin via 2582
5192 if you have any enquiry.
Correctional Services Department
HKSAR
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From: "H. Y. Fung" <[FOI #1114 email]>
To: "FOI requests at Correctional Services Department"
<[Correctional Services Department request email]>
Date: 10.06.2022 03:53
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Detainees at TGCI and
option of employment
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Dear Correctional Services Department,
I am writing to make an information request regarding immigration
detainees held at Tai Tam Gap Correctional Institution (TGCI).
Under rule 201 of Part II of the Prison Rules (Cap. 234A), detainees may
have an ‘option of employment’. Considering that the immigration detainees
held at TGCI are governed under Part II of the Prison Rules but are also
non-refoulement claimants who normally are not granted the right to work,
I would like to understand:
1) Do immigration detainees at TGCI have the ‘option of employment’?
2) If so, what work is available to immigration detainees held at TGCI?
3) Is remuneration available and if so, what are the rates?
Thank you kindly for your help on this matter.
Yours faithfully,
H. Y. Fung
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Dear Sir/ Madam,
Our department has received your application for access to information on
10.6.2022 and our interim reply to you on 17.6.2022. Your application is
still under processing as we are consolidating information from relevant
sections. According to paragraph 1.18 of the Code on Access to
Information, our department will inform you of the latest progress of the
case separately on or before 29.7.2022. In the meantime, please contact
Mr. CHAN Yu-hin at 2582 5192 should you have any queries.
Correctional Services Department
HKSAR
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From: "H. Y. Fung" <[FOI #1114 email]>
To: "FOI requests at Correctional Services Department"
<[Correctional Services Department request email]>
Date: 10.06.2022 03:53
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Detainees at TGCI and
option of employment
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Dear Correctional Services Department,
I am writing to make an information request regarding immigration
detainees held at Tai Tam Gap Correctional Institution (TGCI).
Under rule 201 of Part II of the Prison Rules (Cap. 234A), detainees may
have an ‘option of employment’. Considering that the immigration detainees
held at TGCI are governed under Part II of the Prison Rules but are also
non-refoulement claimants who normally are not granted the right to work,
I would like to understand:
1) Do immigration detainees at TGCI have the ‘option of employment’?
2) If so, what work is available to immigration detainees held at TGCI?
3) Is remuneration available and if so, what are the rates?
Thank you kindly for your help on this matter.
Yours faithfully,
H. Y. Fung
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Dear Sir/ Madam,
I refer to your application for access to information under the Code on
Access to Information (“the Code”) to this Department on 10.6.2022 and our
interim replies to you on 17.6.2022 and 30.6.2022.
Please be informed that no employment is currently arranged for detainees
at Tai Tam Gap Correctional Institution. Given such, the information
requested is not available.
You may also wish to note that, pursuant to paragraph 1.25 of the Code,
any person who believes that a department has failed to comply with any
provision of the Code may ask the department to review the situation.
Furthermore, pursuant to paragraph 1.26 of the Code, any person who
believes that a department has failed to properly apply any provision of
the Code may also complain to The Ombudsman. The Ombudsman’s address is –
30/F, China Merchants Tower,
Shun Tak Centre,
168-200 Connaught Road Central,
Hong Kong
Telephone: 2629 0555
Fax: 2882 8149
Correctional Services Department
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From: email CSD/CSD/HKSARG
To: "H. Y. Fung" <[FOI #1114 email]>
Date: 30.06.2022 18:51
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Detainees at TGCI and
option of employment
Dear Sir/ Madam,
Our department has received your application for access to information on
10.6.2022. Your application is now under processing. According to
paragraph 1.16 of the Code on Access to Information, our department will
inform you of the latest progress of the case separately on or before
30.6.2022. In the meantime, please contact Officer CHAN Yu-hin via 2582
5192 if you have any enquiry.
Correctional Services Department
HKSAR
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Important Note
“This official document is for the use by the intended recipient only. Any
unauthorized use, retention, disclosure, copying, printing, forwarding or
dissemination of this official document is strictly prohibited and may
lead to civil or criminal liabilities. If you are not the intended
recipient of this official document, you are required to promptly restore
this official document to the sender and destroy any copies of this
official document. Please notify the sender immediately if you have
received this official document in error.”
From: "H. Y. Fung" <[FOI #1114 email]>
To: "FOI requests at Correctional Services Department"
<[Correctional Services Department request email]>
Date: 10.06.2022 03:53
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Detainees at TGCI and
option of employment
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Dear Correctional Services Department,
I am writing to make an information request regarding immigration
detainees held at Tai Tam Gap Correctional Institution (TGCI).
Under rule 201 of Part II of the Prison Rules (Cap. 234A), detainees may
have an ‘option of employment’. Considering that the immigration detainees
held at TGCI are governed under Part II of the Prison Rules but are also
non-refoulement claimants who normally are not granted the right to work,
I would like to understand:
1) Do immigration detainees at TGCI have the ‘option of employment’?
2) If so, what work is available to immigration detainees held at TGCI?
3) Is remuneration available and if so, what are the rates?
Thank you kindly for your help on this matter.
Yours faithfully,
H. Y. Fung
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[FOI #1114 email]
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to Correctional Services Department? If so, please contact us using this
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