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ITS STAFF WILL BE SELECTED BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR ANTI-
CORRUPTION AND HIS DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS.
COMBATTING CORRUPTION WILL NOT JUST BE A MATTER OF INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION. AS SIR ALASTAIR HAS POINTED OUT, THERE IS MUCH HISTORY BEHIND CORRUPTION IN HONG KONG AND DEEPLY INGRAINED ATTITUDES ARE INVOLVED. THE COMMISSIONER WILL THEREFORE HAVE A
CIVIL UNIT WHOSE MAIN TASK WILL LIE IN EDUCATING THE PUBLIC
AS TO THE EVILS OF CORRUPTION NOT ONLY FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE RECIPIENT BUT ALSO FROM THAT OF THE GIVER, IT WILL ALSO CRITICALLY EXAMINE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES WHICH LEND THEMSELVES
TO CORRPUT PRACTICES.
TO COMBAT CORRUPTION, GOOD LAWS AND GOOD ORGANIZATION ARE ESSENTIAL, BUT I PUT MY TRUST PRINCIPALLY IN THE SERVICES OF SOUND
MEN.
THE COMMISSIONER WILL BE MR CATER. I HOPE HIS APPOINTMENT WILL
COMMEND ITSELF TO HONOURABLE MEMBERS. I BELIEVE HIM TO BE UNIQUELY QUALIFIED TO DO THE JOB. THE COMMISSIONER, LIKE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PUBLIC SERVICES COMMISSION, WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE GOVERNOR WHENEVER HE WISHES. I NEED SCARCELY SAY THAT I WILL TAKE A VERY CLOSE PERSONAL INTEREST IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS COMMISSION.
MIGHT I TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAY HOW INTENSELY I APPRECIATE THE PUBLIC SPIRIT OF THE TELEPHONE COMPANY, AND IN PARTICULAR OF THE CHAIRMAN, DR LEE, IN RELEASING MR CATER FROM HIS CONTRRACT, AT VERY GREAT INCONVENIENCE TO THEMSELVES, TO ALLOW HIM TO UNDERTAKE
THIS SERVICE TO HONG KONG.
WE HAVE TAKEN VERY CAREFUL ADVICE FROM THE OVERSEAS POLICE ADVISER TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND OTHERS ON WHAT OUTSIDE HELP WE SHOULD ENLIST TO GET THE OPERATIONS UNIT OF THE COMMISSION OFF TO A GOOD START, AND BUILD IT UP INTO THE HIGHLY EXPERT, EFFECTIVE. AND DEDICATED ORGANIZATION THAT IT MUST BE IF IT IS TO MAKE HEADWAY. IN THE LIGHT OF THIS ADVICE TWO APPOINTMENTS ARE BEING MADE. THE FIRST IS MR JOHN PREDERGAST WHO WILL BE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS,
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