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prevention studies for public organisations in 2008. These studies covered procurement, outsourcing of public services, public works projects, law enforcement, and licensing systems.
The department also gave expeditious advice on new policies, legislation and procedures to public organisations on 429 occasions during the year.
The department also offered free, confidential and tailor-made corruption. prevention advisory services on 371 occasions to private organisations which. requested assistance.
The department joined forces with professional bodies and trade associations to encourage private organisations to adopt 'best practices' in their business dealings. During the year, two corruption prevention guidebooks were produced for listed companies and insurance companies respectively.
Community Education
The Community Relations Department has a statutory responsibility to educate the public against the evils of corruption and to enlist their support for anti- corruption efforts. The department is pressing on with its work of instilling a sense of probity in the community through community-based and sector-oriented programmes as well as the mass media.
To sustain the impact of an ethical leadership programme launched in conjunction with the Civil Service Bureau, the department organised workshops on integrity management for 150 'ethics officers' from 81 bureaux and departments. A dedicated website was also set up to facilitate information sharing on integrity issues within the Government.
During the year, the ICAC collaborated with the Guangdong Provincial People's Procuratorate and 19 business organisations to hold an ethics conference for small and medium enterprises to help them prevent corruption risks. The ICAC also produced a corruption prevention guidebook for companies conducting cross- boundary businesses.
Building maintenance and renovation works continued to generate complaints of corruption. To correct the situation, the department in concert with the industry's stakeholders carried out a strong territory-wide campaign to hammer home anti- corruption message to people in the building management business. Under the programme, a booklet on corruption prevention was produced for building owners' corporations and special programmes on the subject were broadcast on radio and television. A public enquiry hotline and a website were also set up to raise greater awareness of corruption.
Special programmes were also drawn up to drive across the anti-corruption message to school children. These included school plays performed by students which were well received.
The ICAC also ran campaigns ahead of the Legislative Council Election in September to ensure that the election was conducted in a fair and clean manner.