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Monday, October 16, 1972
During the three-year period 146 were convicted compared with
90 convictions in the preceding six years.
The Target Committee said the year 1971 was marked by a number
of innovations in the field of anti-corruption. By far the most important
was the new Prevention of Bribery Ordinance which came into force on
May 14, 1971.
In conjunction with the new ordinance was the appointment
of a newly constituted Target Committee which included unofficials
and members of the Government as well as the police.
Serving on the Target Committee are two well-known residents -
Mr. Kenneth Ching-kan Lo, Colony Scout Commissioner and a member of the
Television Advisory Board, and Professor S. Mackey, Professor of Civil
Engineering, University of Hong Kong.
The Professor succeeded Mr. W.H. Henderson, Managing Director
of the Shell Company of Hong Kong Limited, who was originally appointed
to the new Target Committee.
The other members of the Committee are a Deputy Commissioner
of Police (Chairman), the Director of Criminal Investigation, a Principal
Crown Counsel, the Director of Audit and a representative of the Establishment
Secretary.
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