Chief Secretary Carrie Lam has said that the reason the current
administration is destroying more documents than previous governments is
because of the accumulation of outdated files.
Lam said that the potential historical value of documents are decided
upon when their disposal schedules are compiled. “Before destroying
outdated documents with no historical value, bureaus and departments
must get the approval of the Government Records Service Director,” she
said. “The Public Records Office is then required to once again
appraise documents with potential value – only those documents without
historical value would be approved by the Director for destructio
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