PCPD - 2001-2002 Annual Report

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2001-2002 Annual Report_14

Report on Activities - Operations

Matching procedures approved in 2001-02

During the year, the PCPD received 11 new applications for consent to carry out matching procedures and 37 requests for re-approval to continue matching procedures approved in previous years. Of these 11 new applications, 9 were requested by public sector organizations and the remaining two applications were made by financial institutions. Upon examination, the two applications made by financial institutions were found not to be matching procedures as defined under the PD(P)O. In respect of the other 9 applications, one was withdrawn and the remaining 8 were approved subject to certain conditions.

Figure 16 - Matching Procedures approved under section 30 of the PD(P)O
Requesting party	Related matching procedures that were approved
Social Welfare Department	To identify recipients of Comprehensive Social Security Assistance who failed to report their tenancies in public housing units by comparing their data held by the Hong Kong Housing Authority and the Hong Kong Housing Society.
Student Financial Assistance Agency	To prevent overpayment of financial assistance to students / their dependent parents who might be ineligible to receive the assistance if they are receiving Comprehensive Social Security Assistance from the Social Welfare Department by comparing their personal data held by the Social Welfare Department.
Hong Kong Housing Authority	To prevent double benefits from being granted to applicants under the "Rental Allowance for Elderly Scheme" by comparing their personal data held in the Integrated System for Housing Management ("ISHM") in respect of other public housing benefits.
Hong Kong Housing Authority	To identify applicants under the "Senior Citizen Residence Scheme" who failed to report their tenancies in public housing units by comparing their personal data held in ISHM in respect of other public housing benefits.
Food and Environmental Hygiene Department	To enforce the requirements of section 38 of the Hawker Regulations and to identify potential cases of conflict of interest of serving staff who might be holders of a fixed-pitch hawker licence by comparing personal data of staff personnel records with data held in the hawker licence records system.
Audit Commission	To detect irregularities and identify individuals who might be granted more than one Government subsidized residence benefit at the same time by comparing personal data of public housing estates residents of the Housing Authority, patients of the infirmaries of the Hospital Authority and residents of the Social Welfare Department's subvented residential care homes for the elderly.