Languages of notice to immigration detainees

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Surabhi Chopra
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Dear Immigration Department,

I am writing to make an information request regarding the notice to detainees (as mentioned in the Operational Manuals of each respective institution) displayed in Castle Peak Bay Immigration Centre and Ma Tau Kok Detention Centre. May I know,

1) Are the notices displayed in English, Chinese, and / or other languages?

2) Upon admission to the facility, are detainees given a printed copy of these notices?

Thank you kindly for your help with this matter.

Yours faithfully,

Surabhi Chopra

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Immigration Department

Our Reference: L/M (1) in ImmD CIC/6-5/10 (R) Pt.7

Dear Surabhi Chopra,

Our department has received your application for access to information on
12.05.2022. 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
01.06.2022.

If you have any enquiry, please contact the undersigned via this email.

Best Regards,

CHEUNG Kai-ho
for Director of Immigration

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Immigration Department

Our Reference: L/M (1) in ImmD CIC/6-5/10 (R) Pt.7

Dear Surabhi Chopra,

Further to our interim reply on 20.05.2022, I am writing to inform you
that your application for Access to Information is still under processing,
as more time is required to gather and consolidate the information
requested in your application (if any). 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 01.07.2022.

If you have any enquiry, please contact the undersigned via this email.

Best Regards,

LEI Wa-yan
for Director of Immigration

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Immigration Department

Our Reference: L/M (1) in ImmD CIC/6-5/10 (R) Pt.7

Dear Surabhi Chopra,

I refer to your request for access to information on 12 May 2022 and our
interim reply to you on 20 May 2022 and 1 June 2022.  I hereby provide you
with the following information.

The provision of treatments to detainees at the Castle Peak Bay
Immigration Centre (“CIC”) and the Ma Tau Kok Detention Centre (“MTKDC”)
is governed by the Immigration (Treatment of Detainees) Order (Cap. 115E)
(“Cap. 115E”) as well as Immigration Service (Treatment of Detained
Persons) Order (Cap. 331C) (“Cap. 331C”) and has been strictly adhered to.
 Upon admission to CIC or MTKDC, every detainee will be served with an
“Information Leaflet for Detainee” or a “Notice to Persons Detained” and
be informed of their rights, welfare, treatments and channels of
complaints during detention at CIC or MTKDC.  In addition, a “Notice to
Persons Detained” is displayed, in English, Chinese and 27 other
languages, in a conspicuous position at CIC and MTKDC where it can readily
be seen by detainees as stipulated in Rule 17 of Cap.115E and Section 17
of Cap. 331C.

I hope the information is useful to you.

Best Regards,

CHEUNG Kai-ho
for Director of Immigration

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