A proposed amendment to the code of conduct for Hong Kong’s civil servants may lead to more government employees deleting their social media accounts to avoid running afoul of the rules, unionists and public-sector workers have warned.
Under the revisions unveiled on Wednesday, civil servants would face disciplinary action if they openly criticised government policy in an official capacity or even while speaking as ordinary residents in some circumstances, according to the Civil Service Bureau. But the new code also stipulated that staff express different views in internal discussions to ensure they were comprehensive.
