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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1981
HOUSEHOLDERS ARE REMINDED TO CHECK CAREFULLY THE IDENTITY OF ENUMERATORS BEFORE ADMITTING THEM INTO THE IR HOMES. EACH CENSUS ENUMERATOR WILL BE CARRYING A RED SATCHEL WITH THE CENSUS LOGO AND A GREEN CENSUS OFFICER CERTIFICATE OF IDENTITY.
SHOULD THERE BE ANY DOUBT ABOUT THE ENUMERATOR'S IDENTITY HOUSEHOLDERS CAN CALL THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT AT THE FOLLOWING NUMBERS:
FOR HOUSEHOLDERS RESIDING IN
DIAL
HONG KONG ISLAND
KOWLOON
NEW KOWLOON
5-435665
5-435897
5-435767
TSUEN WAN, YUEN LONG, TUEN MUN
5-410045
FANLING, TAI PO, SHA TIN, SAI KUNG AND ISLANDS
5-410032
NEW RULES ON ACCEPTANCE OF ADVANTAGES
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THE ACCEPTANCE OF ADVANTAGES REGULATIONS WHICH CAME INTO FORCE IN 1971 HAVE BEEN REPLACED IN THE LIGHT OF EXPERIENCE BY THE ACCEPTANCE OF ADVANTAGES (GOVERNOR'S PERMISSION) NOTICE 1981.
THE NOTICE, WHICH COMES INTO EFFECT TODAY, INTRODUCES NO CHANGE IN THE GOVERNMENT'S POLICY ON THE PREVENTION OF BRIBERY BUT CLOSES LOOPHOLES FOR ABUSE, INCREASES THE MONETARY LEVEL OF PERMITTED ADVANTAGES TO A REALISTIC LEVEL, AND REMOVES SITUATIONS WHERE HONEST CROWN SERVANTS MAY UNWITTINGLY COMMIT AN OFFENCE.
IT LISTS THE ADVANTAGES WHICH CROWN SERVANTS HAVE BEEN GIVEN PERMISSION TO SOLICIT OR ACCEPT UNDER SECTION 3 OF THE PREVENTION OF BRIBERY ORDINANCE.
UNDER THE NOTICE, CROWN SERVANTS MAY SOLICIT AND ACCEPT ANY ADVANTAGE FROM A RELATION. THE DEFINITION OF RELATION IN THE NOTICE DIFFERS SLIGHTLY FROM THAT IN THE REGULATIONS IT REPLACES= FOR EXAMPLE, IT EXCLUDES GOD-PARENT AND GOD-CHILD AND IT INCLUDES FIANCE AND FIANCEE.
PREVIOUSLY, CROWN SERVANTS WERE RESTRICTED IN THE ADVANTAGES THAT THEY COULD ACCEPT FROM TRADESMEN, COMPANIES AND ASSOCIATIONS. NOW THEY CAN SOLICIT AND ACCEPT THE SAME SORTS OF ADVANTAGES THAT ARE GENERALLY AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE COURSE OF NORMAL BUSINESS, BECAUSE OF THEIR MEMBERSHIP OF AN ASSOCIATION, OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE EMPLOYMENT OF THEIR SPOUSE OR CHILDREN.
THE MONETARY