WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1980
ICAC HAD BUSY AND SUCCESSFUL YEAR
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THE HON ROGER LOBO TODAY CALLED ON EVERYONE WITH THE GOOD OF HONG KONG AT HEART TO PLAY HIS PART IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION.
HE MADE THIS CALL IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WHILE COMMENTING ON THE ANNUAL REPORT BY THE COMMISSIONER OF THE INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION FOR 1979 WHICH WAS TABLED AT THE COUNCIL.
MR LOBO SAID THAT THE PAST YEAR HAD BEEN A BUSY AND SUCCESSFUL ONE FOR ICAC WITHOUT ANY MAJOR SETBACKS. THERE HAD BEEN INCREASED ACTIVITIES IN ALL THREE DEPARTMENTS OF THE COMMISSION.
+HOWEVER, WHILE THE STAFF OF THE COMMISSION SHOULD BE CONGRATULATED FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION, THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION CANNOT BE WON WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF PRIVATE CITIZENS, HE POINTED OUT.
HE HIGHLIGHTED THE COMMISSIONER'S INDEBTEDNESS TO THE ICAC'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR THEIR GUIDANCE TO THE COMMISSION.
HE ALSO PAID SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO SIR Y.K. KAN WHO RETIRED IN MARCH THIS YEAR, AFTER HAVING SERVED AS CHAIRMAN OF THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON COMMUNITY RELATIONS AND LATER THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON CORRUPTION.
+ I HAVE NO DOUBT SIR Y.K. KAN WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE A CLOSE INTEREST IN THE COMMISSION'S ACTIVITIES IN HIS OTHER CAPACITIES, + MR LOBO SAID.
CLEAR LEGISLATION NEEDED ON ENTERTAINMENT PLACES
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THE HON ALEX WU TODAY URGED THE GOVERNMENT TO HAVE A CLEAR VIEW OF ITS RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE AREA OF ENTERTAINMENT AS IT AFFECTS SAFETY, HEALTH, THE ENVIRONMENT, BEHAVIOUR AND LAW AND ORDER, AND TO FRAME LEGISLATION WHICH MEETS MODERN CONDITIONS.
SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE PLACES OF PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT (AMENDMENT) BILL IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR WU SAID THE RELATIVELY SMALL AMENDMENT PROPOSED, TO REGULARISE THE PROCEDURES FOR PERMITTING CINEMAS ABOVE GROUND IN MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS GAVE THE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS AN OCCASION TO LOOK AT THE LEGISLATION AS A WHOLE.
HE SAID THE EXISTING LEGISLATION WAS UNTIDY AND OUT-OF-DATE ON MANY THINGS BESIDES CINEMAS+.
+THE MAIN FAULT IS ITS COMPLEXITY AND THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROCEDURES WHICH ARISE FROM IT.
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