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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1974
STRAIGHT PROMOTIONS WERE KNOWN TO CAUSE DETERIORATING STANDARDS HE SAID, POINTING OUT THAT UNIVERSITY AND POLYTECHNIC PLACES AWARDED STRICTLY ON INDIVIDUAL MERIT BY EXAMINATION HAD GIVEN OPPORTUNITIES TO DESERVING YOUTHS FROM POORER FAMILIES.
TURNING TO CRIME, MR. WU SAID RECENT EXPOSURES IN COURT CASEU SEEMED TO CONFIRM THE BELIEF THAT CRIMES IN HONG KONG WERE INSEPARABLE FROM CORRUPTION.
THE EXCELLENT WORK DONE BY THE ICAC HAD RAISED NEW HOPES AMONG THE COMMUNITY AND HELPED TO RESTORE JUSTICE, DECENCY AND CONFIDENCE, AND HE FELT THAT PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES WERE AS EASY TO MEASURE IN PUBLIC SERVICE IF THE ICAC, THE POLICE AND OTHER SECURITY AGENCIES COULD SUCCEED IN CLAMPING DOWN ON ILLEGAL GAMBLING, SEX PEDDLERS, TRIADS AND DRUG TRAFFICKING.
+LET US SAY THAT IF ILLEGAL GAMBLING, DRUG AND SEX PEDDLING, EXTORTION AND ROBBERIES FREQUENTLY OCCUR IN PARTICULAR PLACES AND ARE NOT PUT AN END TO, WE SHALL KNOW THAT EITHER CORRUPTION, LAXITY CR INCOMPETENCE EXISTS,+ HE SAID.
THIS, HE FELT, REFLECTED TO SOME EXTENT THE PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE REQUIRED OF OUR POLICE SUPERINTENDENTS AND C.I.D. CHIEFS, AND THE MEASURE OF THEIR MEN.
MR. WU SAID THAT IF HE WAS OVER-SIMPLIFYING, +IT HAS TO BE REMEMBERED THAT THE TAX-PAYING PUBLIC WOULD DEMAND NO LESS THAN SUCH PERFORMANCE IF THEY ARE TO ENJOY THE QUALITY OF LIFE PROMISED TO THEM.+
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