Government Records Service

Government Records Service
政府檔案處

The Hong Kong Public Records Building, at No 13 Tsui Ping Road, Kwung Tong
Department overview
Formed1 September 1989; 35 years ago (1989-09-01)
Jurisdiction Hong Kong
Headquarters3/F, Hong Kong Public Records Building, 13 Tsui Ping Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon
Minister responsible
  • Joseph Siu, Director
Parent departmentAdministration Wing, Chief Secretary for Administration's Office
WebsiteOfficial website
Government Records Service
Traditional Chinese政府檔案處
Simplified Chinese政府档案处
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhèngfǔ Dàng'àn Chù
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationJing fú dóng on chyú
JyutpingZing3 fu2 dong2 on3 cyu2

Government Records Service (GRS) is the central records management service agency of the Hong Kong Government. It aims to be the most insightful, resourceful and leading public archives in Hong Kong.[1][2] The department is subordinate to the Administration Wing of the Office of the Chief Secretary for Administration.

The agency incorporates the Public Records Office (PRO, 歷史檔案館), which is the designated archives to preserve and make accessible the archival records of the HKSAR Government.[3][4] As of 2022, the office is the custodian of over 1.7 million archival holdings in various media and formats.[3]

  1. ^ "Vision, Mission and Values". Government Records Service. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  2. ^ Government Records Service Annual Report 2020 (PDF) (Report). Government Records Service. 2022.
  3. ^ a b Public Records Office (PDF). Hong Kong: The Facts (Report). Hong Kong Government. August 2021.
  4. ^ "Search our holdings". Government Records Service. Retrieved 28 July 2022.