| Year | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
| % | 63.89 | 65.79 | 62.97 | 66.25 | 57.17 | 63.12 | 60.24 | 67.45 |
| Year | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
| % | 63.02 | 62.63 | 61.20 | 64 | 67.45 | 67.62 | 65.67 | 64.41 |
| Year | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | |||||
| % | 62.53 | 63.16 | 60.91 |
Operational Definitions
The percentage of meetings of advisory and statutory bodies that open up its meetings to the public.
Footnote
All figures are collected from Home Affairs Bureau from 1996.
Further to HAB (30 Sep 2009), ASBs may be classified into 'statutory' and 'non-statutory' bodies according to their status in law. The figures provided represent those of the meetings of both statutory and non-statutory bodies which are included in the list of ASBs kept by HAB.
Further to HAB (30 Sep 2009), ASBs may be classified into 'statutory' and 'non-statutory' bodies according to their status in law. The figures provided represent those of the meetings of both statutory and non-statutory bodies which are included in the list of ASBs kept by HAB.
