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Public Order
Enforcement
During the year, the ICAC prosecuted 199 people for corruption and related offences and cautioned 31 for minor offences upon the Department of Justice's advice. At the year end, the commission's caseload stood at 1,805, including 575 related to elections. Prosecutions covered alleged misconduct by public officials, corruption-facilitated tender rigging in building renovation projects, and fraud and corruption concerning listed companies. Of the completed prosecutions, 82 per cent resulted in convictions.
The ICAC received 159 and 639 complaints about the 2016 Legislative Council Election and 2015 District Council Election respectively.
Prevention and Education
The ICAC undertakes detailed studies to help government departments and public bodies reduce corruption risks and strengthen internal control. It conducted 61 such studies in 2016.
The commission also provides free corruption prevention advice to private organisations upon request on a confidential basis. During the year, it offered advice on 540 occasions.
In 2016, the commission promoted an integrity and corruption prevention guide to help the private sector manage relationships with public servants, and tailor-made a guide on public- private partnership programmes for healthcare services and a sample code of conduct for kindergarten staff. It also held integrity management briefings for the newly elected District Council members and their assistants.
The ICAC works to educate public and private organisations and the community. It reaches out to high-ranking civil servants and politically appointed officials through regular talks. More than 26,000 government officers underwent face-to-face integrity training during the year.
Preventive education is also provided to banking, insurance, catering, building management and other businesses, reaching more than 55,000 employees in 2016. Under a three-year Ethics Promotion Programme for Listed Companies, a training package comprising a case study and training videos was produced for company directors and related professionals.
A multi-year public engagement programme, 'All for Integrity, has the support of all 18 District Councils in organising activities to promote integrity in the community, supplemented with multimedia publicity. The programme reached 789,500 people in 2016.
Young people were engaged through a multimedia approach: e-books, interactive dramas and an iTeen Leadership Programme were devised for primary and secondary students respectively, while an ICAC Ambassador Programme and advertising publicity project were launched for tertiary institutions. A commemorative publication on positive values was produced for parents, teachers and students. Anti-corruption messages were disseminated to ethnic minorities, particularly the young, and new arrivals.
A new multifaceted campaign was launched to promote a clean Legislative Council Election and Election Committee Subsector Elections during the year.
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