GPS 278
| MALEDIATE . CYPHER/CAT A
FM FCO 311758Z
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TO IMMEDIATE HONGKONG TELNO 120 OF 31 JANUARY
FROM HKLOD
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1974
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PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS
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1. MR KAY CARTER MP (LABOUR, BIRMINGHAM, NORTHFIELD) HAS PUT DOWN THE FOLLOWING TWO QUESTIONS FOR WRITTEN ANSWER ON 4 FEBRUARY.
(A) TO ASK THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH
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AFFAIRS, IF HE WILL LIST THE RULES FOR EXTRADITION BETWEEN HONG KONG AND THE UK: AND IF HE WILL STATE ON HOW MANY OCCASIONS THEY HAVE BEEN USED OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS.
B) TO ASK THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS, WHEN HE EXPECTS THE INVESTIGATION INTO CORRUPTION NOW TAXING PLACE IN HONG KONG TO BE COMPLETED AND TO WHOM THE REPORT WILL BE HANDED.
2. SUBJECT TO YOUR VIEWS WE WILL PROPOSE THE FOLLOWING REPLIES FOR MR BLAKER:-
(A) EXTRADITION ARRANGEMENTS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND THE UK ARE GOVERNED BY THE FUGITIVE OFFENDERS ACT 1967 AS APPLIED AND MODIFICA BY THE FUGITIVE OFFENDERS (HONG KONG) ORDER 1967.
DURING THE LAST FIVE YEARS THE FIGURES OF APPLICATIONS FOR RETURN FROM HONG KONG TO THE UK WERE AS FOLLO:73: 1969 - MIL: 1970 - NIL: 1971 - 1 APPLICATION SUCCESSFUL : 1972- 1 APPLICATION WHICH WAS WITHDRAWN FOLLOWING THE VOLUNTARY RETURN OF THE FUGITIVE: 1973 NIL. THERE WERE NO APPLICATIONS UNDER THE FUGITIVE OFFENDERS ACT FOR ANY RETURNS TO HONG KONG FROM THE UK OVER THE SAME PERIOD,
(B) AS I INFORMED THE HON. MEMPER IN MY WRITTEN REPLY ON 21 JANUARY, THE GOVERNOR HAS SET UP AN INDEPENDENT ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION. THE COMMISSIONER, WHO WILL RE SUBJECT TO THE CONTROL AND DIRECTION OF THE GOVERNOR, HAS BEEN APPOINTED AND THE COMMISSION STARTS
OPERATIONS THIS MONTH. THE COMMISS109'S WORK WILL
BE CONTINUOUS, AIMED AT THE ERADICATION OF THE PROBLEM OF
/CORRUPTION.
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