F. “The Memory Hole” by Nick Frisch – A Civic Exchange report
THE MEMORY HOLE: WHY HONG KONG NEEDS AN ARCHIVES LAW
Bad records management has serious consequences. For years, Hong Kong officials have been stuck in a regulatory limbo where they must “print-and-file” important e-mails, a cumbersome and wasteful practice. Moreover, the disappearance of records has been a key part of many recent controversies, including the Jeremy Godfrey incident, the Kitty Chong tree collapse tragedy, the Falun Gong immigration case, Tamar relocation document loss, and many others. The situation is also harmful to Hong Kong’s heritage and identity in the long term.
Civic Exchange’s new report examines why, alone in the developed world, Hong Kong has not enacted a law akin to China’s Archives Law or Australia’s Archives Act to protect public documents from official tampering and to preserve them for posterity.
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