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Cabinet denies prohibiting Internet surfing at work

Cabinet Spokesman Cheng Wen-tsang (鄭文燦) yesterday said that the Cabinet had never prohibited staff members from surfing the Internet at work.

"What you read in the newspaper is not true. It was a piece of twisted information," Cheng said yesterday at a news conference.

The press conference was called in response to a story published in the Chinese-language newspaper, the China Times, which reported that the Cabinet had issued an order that staff members cannot surf the Internet during office hours as the Cabinet is trying to protect classified information from being hacked.

Cheng said that staff members who deal with classified information use two computers at work, one for regular tasks and Internet access and the other for dealing with classified information.

"This is called `quarantine for confidential information,' and this mechanism has been carried out for years. This is not something new," Cheng said.

"We have never ordered any fellow government offices to carry out a ban on Internet access. I was sorry to see such a false news report as it has seriously damaged the government's reputation and image," the spokesman said.
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