Hong Kong is considering a new accountability framework making government department heads personally liable for unflagged systemic loopholes. Civil service chief Ingrid Yeung Ho Poi-yan also stated that public perception might influence pay adjustments for government employees. This proposal follows an inquiry into a major fire.

A proposed accountability framework will hold government department heads personally liable for systemic loopholes that they fail to flag to superiors, Hong Kong’s civil service chief has said. Secretary for the Civil Service Ingrid Yeung Ho Poi-yan also said that public perception could play a role in decisions on pay adjustments for government employees, after being questioned about the potential impact of an inquiry into the city’s deadliest fire in decades. In a television appearance on...