Registry
No. HKK 14/17
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
Top Secret.
Secret.
Confidential.
Restricted.
Unclassified.
PRIVACY MARKING
DRAFT LETTER
To:-
Alan Ellis Esq
20 Bishops Close Ham Common Richmond Surrey
Type 1 +
FROM
Mr Royle
Telephone No. Ext.
Department
In Confidence
I am very glad that you welcome the setting up of
the independent Anti-Corruption Commission in Hong
Kong. I realise that you personally would have
preferred to see an externally appointed Commission
of Enquiry. I am, however, sure that the Governor
is tackling the problem in the right way. His tough
new measures have my strong support. I enclose the
relevant extract from his speech to Legislative
Council on 17 October.
As for the detailed recommen-
dations of the Blair-Kerr report, including Establish-
ment Regulation 303, the are still under study.
As far as your own individual case is concerned, this
is quite clearly a separate issue. I am only sorry
that we have not been able to satisfy you over all
these years that the Hong Kong Government were fully
within their contractual right in terminating your
probationary appointment, and that there really is
nothing we can do.
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