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1415: PROHONGAID LONDON FIFTELN :-
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YOU MAY BE THINKING, IF CORRUPTION IS ALL THAT RIFE, IF THE REWARDS ARE ALL THAT GREAT, HOW ON EARTH CAN I BELIEVE THAT THE BACK OF SYNDICATED CORRUPTION CAN BE BROKEN, THIS OR ANY YEAR?
LET ME ANSWER THAT. IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS OR SO THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF INDICATIONS THAT OUR ACTIVITIES HAVE ALREADY BEGUN TO HURT THE CORRUPT. THE ICAC HAS REMOVED OR CAUSED THE ' REMOVAL OF A LOT OF CORRUPT PEOPLE FROM THE SYNDICATES AND HAS
· DISRUPTED THE ACTIVITIES OF A NUMBER OF THEM. THERE IS GREAT RELUCTANCE ON THE PART OF SYNDICATES TO ACCEPT NEW MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN IN THE FORCE ONLY 3 OR 4 YEARS OR WHO CANNOT BRING REFERENCES WITH THEM AS HAVING BEEN MEMBERS OF PREVIOUS OR OTHER SYNDICATES. WE KNOW THAT SOME SYNDICATES ARE SHOWING THAT THEY ARE BRITTLE: UNDER PRESSURE THEY ARE BEGINNING TO SHATTER INTO
SOME MEMBERS ARE SHOWING A > SMALLER, LESS EFFECTIVE, GROUPS. FATALISM INDICATIVE OF LON MORALE. ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS RECENTLY SOME, ON BEING QUESTIONED, HAVE SAID THAT THEY WERE ALMOST PLEASED THAT THEY HAD BEEN FOUND OUT, THAT IT HAD SEEMED INEVITABLE. AND INEVITABLE IT IS: THE OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT OF THE ICAC WILL BE 600 STRONG THIS YEAR-- AN IMPRESSIVE AND INCREASINGLY SUCCESSFUL INVESTIGATORY FORCE WHICH COMBINES HAPPILY A DEDICATED EXPERIENCED GROUP OF DETECTIVES, MANY OF THEM FROM UK POLICE FORCES--AND TO WHOM THIS COMMUNITY OWES A GREAT DEBT OF GRATITUDE-- TOGETHER WITH WELL-EDUCATED AND ENTHUSIASTIC HONG KONG PEOPLE--ON THE WHOLE YOUNG PEOPLE. A DETECTIVE FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH. MORE==
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1420: PROHONGAID LONDON SIXTEEN :-
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THE PUBLIC IS SHOWING GREAT COURAGE IN REPORTING CORRUPTION COURAGE IN REPORTING CORRUPTION TOO: SO FAR THIS YEAR, 1977, OVER HALF THE COMPLAINTS MADE HAVE BEEN MADE BY NON-ANONYMOUS, IDENTIFIABLE PEOPLE. IN PARTICULAR," I BELIEVE THAT WE SHALL SEE THE BACK OF SYNDICATED CORRUPTION BROKEN BECAUSE OF ACTION BY THE POLICE FORCE ITSELF. INDEED, IT CAN BE ACHIEVED ONLY WITH SUCH CO-OPERATION.
THERE HAS BEEN, AND STILL IS CONSIDERABLE CORRUPTION IN THE FORCE, BUT THANK GOODNESS, TOO, THERE ARE MANY, MANY DECENT HONEST POLICEMEN WHO WANT MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE TO SEE THE FORCE CLEARED OF CORRUPT, WHO ARE ONLY TOO CONSCIOUS OF THE GRAVE DISHONOUR THAT THESE CORRUPT THUGS HAVE BROUGHT TO THE FORCE. REMEMBER, THESE SYNDICATES ARE BASICALLY PROTECTION RACKETS--AND YOU DON'T PAY FOR PROTECTION IF YOU ARE NOT BEING PROTECTED. MORE
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