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Written Aniwers
19 FEBRUARY 1975
to the eather Question by the hou. Member for Cambridge (Mir. Lame).
New Hebrides
23. Mr. Christoper Price asked the Sec- retary of State for Foreign and Common- wealth Affairs what progress has been made in the joint review with the French Government about the future of the New Hebridley referred to it huis Answer to the how Member for Somerset, North (Mr. Denn) on 29th January 1975 (Vol. 885. c. 16J).
Miss Joan Lestort i visited the New Hebrides last month, where I met M. Stirn, the French Secretary of Statʊ for Overseas Territories. We were satisfied that appropriate action was being taken to implement the measures agreed be. tween the two Clovernments last Novem. bor. We plan to meet again later thin year.
Pacific (Anglo-French Condominium)
24. Mr. Lee asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement upon the future of the Anglo-French Con- dominium in the Pacific.
Miss Jonn Lestor : I have nothing to add to the reply I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Lewisham, West (Mr. Price) emilier today.
Hong Kon
Mr. James Johnson asked the Secre- tary of State for Foreign and Common- wealth Allans how many police officers of the Hong Kong Government have made formal complaints und other repre. sentations to the Independent Commiss sion against Corruption since it began its investigations in February 1974; and if he will list these by rank and race, respectively.
Miss Joan Lestor: Forty-five polico officers have made formal complaints and other representations on corruption to the commission. The breakdown is:
Overvens Officers
Gazetted officera
and above)
Inspectors
Local Officers
Gazetted officers
Inspecters Sergeants PCI
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14 N 17
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Mr. James Juliuson asked the Secre- tary of State for Foreign and Common- wealth. Allairs how many Hong Kong police olheers have been employed in the Independent Commission against Corrup. bion ; what proportion this is of the total investigating complement ; and how many of these have served in the former Anti-Corruption Office of the Hong Kong Police Force,
Miss Jonu Lestor i Fifty-ong officers of the commission were formerly employed by the Royal Hong Kong Police Porco 'This is almost 17 per cent, of the total investigating complement of 301. Six- teen of the 31 had merved at one time or unother in the former Anti-Corruption Ollice.
Mr. Sillurs asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many acres of lund have been cleared as part of the Hong Kong Oov- ermont's revettlement programme; of these, how many have been sold by the Hong Kong Government; and what is the total value of these transactions over the past five-year period.
Alr. Ennals : 4,218 acres were cleared between April 1954 and March 1974 for the following purposes:
Acres
1. Public housing estates
1,328
2. Other publia works and build.
ings
1,336
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1,354
3. Cirants for social purposes, public open spaces and land sales
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(a breakdown of this Agurs is not readily
Available)
852 acres of the land at item 3 werd cleared in the past five years. In the same period 121 acres were sold for private development for about HK$1,500 million; but this included land not obtained through clearance.
EUROPEAN ECONOMIC
COMMUNITY
United Kingdom Membership 26. Mr. Nelson asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Alfairs what consultations he bus hud with the United States Government about Great Britain's future in the European Community,
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