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As the driving test is meant to ensure that motor drivers have the required driving skills and to protect the safety of road users, it is of utmost importance to conduct the assessment in an impartial manner. Offering "red packet" to a driving examiner of the Transport Department in return for getting a pass in the driving test will undermine the fairness of the assessment system. It is also a bribery act and will put road users' lives at risk.
Is "Red Packet" a Means to Pass the Driving Test?
Synopsis
A driving test candidate offers a "red packet" (with money in it) to a driving examiner of the Transport Department during the test in a bid to get a PASS result.
Question 1
Is it an offence for the candidate to offer a "red packet" to the driving examiner in order to pass the test？
It is an offence under the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance for the candidate to offer an advantage (a red packet) to a public officer (the driving examiner of the Transport Department) as an inducement to or reward for the latter to let him pass the driving test.
Question 2
Which of the following is an advantage as defined by the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance?
According to the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance, "advantage" includes any form of gift, loan, reward, commission, office, contract, service, favour, discharge of liability etc. (other than entertainment), irrespective of the amount involved. Entertainment, which is defined as the provision of food or drink for consumption on the occasion when it is provided, does not fall within the meaning of "advantage" in the Ordinance.
Question 3
If a candidate offers a "red packet" to a driving examiner simply for praying for luck, is it against the law?
Even though there is no intention of influencing the test result, it is contrary to the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance if any person offers any advantage to any public officer of the government department with whom he has official dealings.
