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Parents may get the chance to check records for sex offenders when seeking tutors for their kids.
Undersecretary for Security Lai Tung-kwok said yesterday he is well aware that parents want access to the register before hiring tutors, though as it stands now it’s only for institutions.<\/p>\n
“Once it is running smoothly we will conduct a review to decide if the scheme should be open to other users, including parents,” he said. The review will be conducted about six months from now.<\/p>\n
The first phase of the Sexual Conviction Record Check Scheme will only cover work relating to children and mentally disabled people and run a rule over teachers, caretakers and school drivers.<\/p>\n
The scheme covers offenses that include indecent assault, rape and intercourse with a girl under 16. But it excludes Peeping Toms and indecent exposure.<\/p>\n
Under the system, employers can ask job seekers to undergo a sexual conviction record check.<\/p>\n
Prospective employees will submit applications and provide fingerprints for verification to police headquarters in Wan Chai in person and pay HK$115 for the procedure. Applicants will then be given a 14-digit code.<\/p>\n
Prospective employers can log into the phone-based system and use the code to check someone for sex-crime convictions. But the system will not free up details of cases.<\/p>\n
Lai said the government has no intention to force employees to provide records through legislation.<\/p>\n
Also, he said, there is no worry that data will be stolen as high-security measures are being applied.<\/p>\n
In addition to the code, which is assigned randomly, employers will need the first four digits of a job hopeful’s identity card to access information.<\/p>\n
The chairman of the End Child Sexual Abuse Foundation, William Po Kam-man, welcomed the scheme but said legislation is the ultimate solution.<\/p>\n
“Some employers may find the procedure troublesome and ignore it,” he said. “Ultimately, we need a law to make sure everybody complies.”<\/p>\n
Among those who provided suggestions for the scheme is Cheung Tat-ming, a member of the Law Reform Committee of Hong Kong and an assistant professor of law at the University of Hong Kong.<\/p>\n
Peeping Tom and indecent exposure cases were left out, he said, as they come under disorderly conduct and loitering, and not all such offenses involve sex.<\/p>\n
Among parents hoping to be in the full picture is Sukina Ip Wing-yee, who has a four-year-old son.<\/p>\n
She urged the government to extend the system to parents and for laws to force prospective employees to provide records.<\/p>\n
“I fear some children may be at risk if parents hire a private tutor,” she said.<\/p>\n
Jessica Ho Oi-chu, director of Against Child Abuse, said the scheme is a good start, but she too wants mandatory measures.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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