PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION
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9 June 1975
for WRITTEN answer on..
HKIOD
The draft reply should reach the Parliamentary Office through your Under-Secretary by
Now
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FRIDAY 6 JUNE.
Sir Paul Bryan (Howden): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he is satisfied that the Independent Commission against corruption in Hong Kong is being given the necessary resources in finance and manpower to deal with its task.
Yes. Notwithstanding the present restrictions
on Governmental expenditure in Hong Kong, financial provision for the Commission in the financial year 1975/76 is 42% higher than in 1974/75. The Commission's staff, which at present numbers 480, will be increased to over 700 by the end of this financial year.
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