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1435: PROHONGAID LONDON NINETEEN :-
GIS 54/77 (ADD)
I HAVE MADE IT ABUNDANTLY CLEAR THAT THE ICAC IS NOW GETTING FULLY INTO ITS STRIDE.
FAR FROM IT.
THERE CAN BE, AND THERE WILL BE, NO LET UP.
OF COURSE, I DON'T UNDERRATE THE POWER OF THE CORRUPT. OF THE OPPOSITION: THEY OBVIOUSLY HAVE VAST SUMS OF MONEY AT THEIR DISPOSAL, THEY HAVE INFLUENCE IN CERTAIN PLACES AND NO DOUBT CAN BUY FURTHER INFLUENCE IF THEY SO WISH. BUT BE THAT AS IT MAY, I HAVE FAITH THAT HONG KONG, AND YOUNG HONG KONG IN PARTICULAR, REALLY MEANS BUSINESS. THEY WANT, AND MEAN TO HAVE, A CLEANER AND BETTER HONG KONG. AND A SOCIETY WHICH DOES NOT WANT CORRUPTION, A SOCIETY WHICH HAS THE MEANS TO PREVENT CORRUPTION, WILL NOT HAVE CORRUPTION..
THE AIM THEN IS TO BREAK SYNDICATED CORRUPTION, PARTICULARLY THE POLICE SYNDICATES, THIS YEAR:
THIS YEAR: I BELIEVE IT CAN BE DONE, WITH
THE PUBLIC CONTINUING TO GIVE STRONG SUPPORT AND WITH THE CO-OPERATION OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE.
FOR THE ICAC, AND THE COMMUNITY, 1977 IS THE YEAR THAT COUNTS. THANK YOU.
INFORMS HONGKONG== REUTER
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