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PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSIONER.
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26/2/69
OMBUDSMAN - FOR HONG KONG?
The question of an Ombudsman or an office similar to that of
the Parliamentary Commissioner in Britain or New Zealand must remain
open.
The Governor said he preferred to refer to that office as that
of a Parliamentary Commissioner for the term Ombudsman is inappropriate
to constitutional forms of the British type.
Sir David Trench pointed out that the existence of a Commissioner
would not in any way reduce the need to retain all the present channels
of complaint.
Sir David said: "I think it is a question which must stay
open until we have improved the existing channels to the maximum extent.
Commissioners are not all-powerful righters of all grievances,
he said.
They have no executive powers whatever, and can only report
their findings, he added.
Sir David said: "It seems to me we need systems of dealing
with complaints more flexible and effective than this, and that indeed,
as I have said before, in essence we have them."
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