Follow Hong Kong Investment Immigration and Hong Kong News: According to the Hong Kong SAR Government website, Secretary for Transport and Housing Anthony Cheung Bing-leung stated on November 5 that he has requested the investigation team to submit the Marine Department's internal investigation report in the first quarter of next year. The authorities will not release the full report immediately but will disclose information in an appropriate manner, including the number of people interviewed, the number of individuals facing disciplinary action, and details regarding any dereliction of duty or negligence.
Anthony Cheung Bing-leung pointed out when meeting the media on November 5 that if the government initiates disciplinary proceedings against Marine Department personnel after completing the investigation, an inquiry will be launched. Due to procedural requirements, procedural fairness, and privacy protection, the authorities will not immediately disclose the entire report, but will endeavor to disclose investigation results that do not compromise the fairness of the civil service disciplinary inquiry in an appropriate manner.
He stated that the authorities currently have a six-member investigation team working full-time and at full speed on the internal investigation of the Marine Department. This work is time-consuming because it requires tracing back many procedures since the mid-1990s, as well as matters such as the plan approval and vessel inspections conducted by the Marine Department for the vessels involved at that time.