48. In 1969, on the recommendation of the Advisory Committee on Corruption, the Target Committee was enlarged so as to include non-police and non-official members. By Gazette Notification No. G.N. 1058 dated 21st May 1971, the Governor appointed a new Target Committee on Corruption composed of the follow- ing persons:-
(a) A Deputy Commissioner of Police (Chairman)
(b) The Director of Criminal Investigation
(c) A Principal Crown Counsel
(d) The Director of Audit
(e) A representative of the Establishment Secretary
(ƒ) Mr. Kenneth Lo Ching-ken, M.B.E., J.P.
(g) Mr. W. H. HENDERSON.
In 1972, Professor S. MACKEY, O.B.E., J.P., Professor of Engineering at Hong Kong University, replaced Mr. HENDERSON on the Committee.
49. The terms of reference of the new committee were gazetted; and they read as follows:-
"(a) To receive and consider, directly or through the Director of the Anti-Corruption Office (hereinafter called 'the Director') all complaints of bribery, whether against Crown servants, public servants, or other persons.
(b) Subject to the statutory powers of the Attorney General, to instruct the Director as to which
complaints of bribery shall be investigated and in what priority.
(c) To require from the Director reports, at such intervals as the committee may decide, as to the
action taken by his office to investigate complaints of bribery.
(d) To report to the Governor, at such intervals as the Governor may require, on the work of the
Office and the incidence of bribery in the Colony.
(e) To determine what information about complaints of bribery shall be passed on to the Establishment
Secretary or to other Government Departments or to other branches of the Police Force. (f) The exercise of the above supervisory functions shall not affect the responsibility of the Director
for the manner in which the investigation of a particular complaint is carried out.'
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50. The Target Committee is a very active body. It meets once a month. Each member receives a copy of the Anti-Corruption Office case diary which contains a record of all reports received by the Office, whether made in person or received by letter or telephone. All reports are entered initially in the miscellaneous reports book; and that is also available for inspection by the Target Committee. From the point of view of the Anti- Corruption office, the Committee performs a very valuable function in that it
(a) takes reponsibility for deciding on priorities, thus protecting the Office from allegations that
reports are not investigated;
(b) gives advice in individual cases; and
(c) ensures that all reports are scrutinized at a proper level within a definite period, and the progress
of the investigations monitored thereafter.
51. The Target Committee submits a report to the Governor annually.
52. I attended the meeting of the Committee on 7th August 1973 as a spectator. I was most impressed. A full-time secretary is employed, and several days before a meeting, each member receives a mass of reports covering progress on every case being handled by the A.C. Office during the preceding month. These papers take at least half a day to digest. Detailed minutes are kept of the proceedings at each meeting and these are distributed to each member.
53. It would be pointless in a report of this nature to go into details of individual cases or operations. Suffice it to say that at these meetings, the Committee scrutinizes progress made on all cases in respect of which they have, at some previous meeting, directed that further inquiries be carried out; they may, or may not, endorse recommendations from the Director that no further action is possible in certain cases; all new cases are reported; and directions are given in regard to priorities, the object being that the A.C. Office should utilize its time to the best advantage.
54. The impression I got was that each member had "done his homework" extremely well. Although the Director is not a member of the Committee, he is always present, and he brings with him the investigation files relating to each case. Questions are "fired" at him from all quarters; and he is required to answer them—
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