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2 Hong Kong government databases to tighten access rules, triggering warning over threat to press freedom | South China Morning Post

October 26, 2021
Source: scmp.com scmp.com
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Two Hong Kong government databases will require users to supply more information beginning next month, prompting a warning from the city’s main journalist association that the move will undermine press freedom. The tighter access to the Land Registry and Companies Registry, announced on Monday, takes effect on November 1 and follows similar steps over the past year to restrict access to information contained in government databases. “The Hong Kong Journalists Association is deeply disappointed with the new arrangements,” the group said on its Facebook page. “This is not the first time we have noticed the Companies Registry attempt to restrict...
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