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Re: Freedom of Information request - Detention policy as of August
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06/08/2021 17:46
From:
RM/IMMD/HKSARG
To:
Preston Cheung <
[email protected]>
Dear Preston,
Thanks for your email dated 6 August 2021.
Please be informed that pursuant to your consent given, the concerning part of your
request (i.e.(4)(iii) of your email dated 2 August 2021) has been transferred to the
Correction Services Department today. Regarding the rest of the requested
information, 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 22 August 2021.
Regards
(Mr. W M Fung)
for Director of Immigration
Preston Cheung
Dear Records and Data Management Section, De...
06/08/2021 15:37:50
From:
Preston Cheung <
[email protected]>
To:
Records and Data Management Section <
[email protected]>
Date:
06/08/2021 15:37
Subject:
[Possible SPAM] Re: Freedom of Information request - Detention policy as of August 2021
Dear Records and Data Management Section,
Dear Mr Fung,
You have my consent to redirect the mentioned part of the request to the
CSD. I look forward to receiving your substantive reply on the rest of my
information request soon.
Thanks very much.
Kind regards,
Preston Cheung
-----Original Message-----
Dear Preston,
We refer to your email dated 2 August 2021
You may wish to note that part of your requested information (copied as
below) falls within the purview of Correctional Services Department.
"(4)(iii) the current Operational Manuals of the Tai Tam Gap Correctional
Institution"
In this regards, your consent is required before we transfer this part of
request to the Correctional Services Department for their reply. Your
reply by 10 August 2021 is much appreciated.
Regards
(Mr. W M Fung)
for Director of Immigration
From: Preston Cheung <[FOI #704 email]>
To: FOI requests at Immigration Department <[Immigration Department
request email]>
Date: 02/08/2021 13:47
Subject: [Possible SPAM] Freedom of Information request - Detention
policy as of August 2021
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Dear Immigration Department,
I would appreciate if you could provide information on the
policies/guidelines/operational manuals which govern immigration detention
as set out by the Immigration Ordinance, in response to the following
questions:
(1) Could you please provide a copy of the detention policies currently in
force to govern immigration detention? Relevant ImmD press release:
[1]https://www.immd.gov.hk/eng/press/press-releases/20201224.html
(2) Could you please indicate if these policies have been updated per the
Immigration (Amendment) Ordinance 2021 that has come into force on 1
August 2021? If so, please specify the updates made.
(3) Could you please indicate if there are other guidelines issued to the
staff of the Immigration Department concerning the implementation of the
detention policies? If so, please provide a copy of such guidelines.
(4) Could you please provide the current Operational Manuals of (i) the
Castle Peak Bay Immigration Centre, (ii) the Ma Tau Kok Detention Centre,
and (iii) the Tai Tam Gap Correctional Institution?
(5) Per the Government's press release
([2]https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202107/23/P2021072300765.htm), the
Tai Tam Gap Correctional Institution is "used for the detention of
non-refoulement claimants", but this facility is not specified in Sch. 3
of the Immigration (Places of Detention) Order (Cap. 115 sub leg B).
Could you please confirm if persons detained in the Tai Tam Gap
Correctional Institution are subject to rules 189 to 207 (inclusive) of
the Prison Rules (Cap. 234 sub. leg. A), pursuant to para. 3 of the
Immigration (Places of Detention) Order (Cap. 115 sub leg. B)? If not,
could you please provide for the ordinance/subsidiary legislation that
specifies the treatment of persons detained in the Tai Tam Gap
Correctional Institution?
Thank you very much for your assistance in this matter.
Kind regards,
Preston Cheung
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