Advisory body to be given power to probe government department heads for serious offences

A statutory advisory body in Hong Kong will be given new powers as early as June to investigate government department heads over “serious, widespread or systemic” problems, as part of a broader push to institutionalise official accountability. The subsidiary legislation drafted by the Civil Service Bureau, which was submitted to the Legislative Council on Tuesday, sought to grant the Public Service Commission, an independent, statutory body that advises the government on civil service...

By Natalie Wong