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TO PRIORITY HONG KONG TELNO,412 OF 30 APRIL. 1974
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION: INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST
CORRUPTION.
1. MR JAMES SILLARS MP HAS TABLED THE FOLLOWING QUESTION FOR WRITTEN ANSWER ON 6 MAY:
'TO ASK THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS, IF HE WILL CONFIRM THAT MR GEORGE V LIU, PRESENTLY, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF THE HONG KONG STANDARD NEWSPAPER GROUP, HAS BEEN OFFERED THE POST OF DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY RELATIONS IN THE INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION: AND WHAT ARE MR LIU'S CREDENTIALS FOR SUCH A POST'',
2. GRATEFUL FOR YOUR ADVISE, IF POSSIBLE BY 6830Z ON 3 MAY
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