WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 1984
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+THE SAME ASSURANCE IS VITAL TO OUR BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL SECTORS WHOSE REPRESENTATIVES MUST TRAVEL ALL THE TIME.
+FREEDOM TO TRAVEL IS A MUST FOR THEM, AND MUST BE ASSURED FOR ALL THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG AFTER 1997, + MR CHEUNG STRESSED.
HE POINTED OUT THAT VERBAL ASSURANCES WERE NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO CONVINCE HONG KONG PEOPLE.
+AS WE AWAIT THE WRITTEN DRAFT AGREEMENT, WE HOPE IT WILL SPELL OUT CLEARLY THE CONTINUITY OF FREEDOMS TO WHICH WE ARE ACCUSTOMED NOW AND TO WHICH WE MUST BE ENTITLED IN THE FUTURE,+ HE SAID.
NOTING THAT SIR GEOFFREY HAD STARTED CATEGORICALLY THAT BRITAIN'S OBJECTIVES ARE +TO SECURE AGREEMENT FOR ALL THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG+, HE SAID, +MEANWHILE CHINA HAS ALREADY CONSENTED TO GRANT DUAL NATIONALITY TO BDT CITIZENS, IF BRITAIN WILL AGREE TO LET THEM BECOME BRITISH OVERSEAS CITIZENS. IS THE BALL NOW NOT IN THE BRITISH COURT?+
HE HOPED THAT HONOUR AND INTEGRITY WOULD BE APPLIED TO CLARIFYING AND SAFEGUARDING THE PERSONAL FREEDOMS, ESPECIALLY THE FREEDOM OF TRAVEL OF 5.3 MILLION HONG KONG PEOPLE, INCLUDING ALL BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZENS.
ICAC CASES AT SAME LEVEL - LOBO
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THE NUMBER OF REPORTS OF CORRUPTION LAST YEAR WHICH COULD BE INVESTIGATED BY THE INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION REMAINED AT ABOUT THE SAME LEVEL AS IN THE PREVIOUS TWO YEARS, THE HON ROGER LOBO, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
TABLING THE 1983 REPORT OF THE ICAC, MR LOBO SAID THAT THIS DEMONSTRATED THE NEED FOR CONTINUED CARE AND VIGILANCE.
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+PARTICULARLY, MR LOBO SAID, IN THE FIELD OF FRAUD FACILITATED BY CORRUPTION IN THE BANKING AND FINANCE SECTOR, WHERE RECENT CASES HAVE SHOWN THAT STAGGERING AMOUNTS OF MONEY ARE INVOLVED.+
MR LOBO SAID THAT IT WAS FITTING THAT THE REPORT'S OUTSTANDING FEATURE WAS A SPECIAL CHAPTER DEALING WITH THE FIRST DECADE OF THE COMMISSION'S EXISTENCE.
+THE COMMISSIONER, ON LOOKING BACK, IS GLAD TO BE ABLE TO PAY TRIBUTE IN THIS SPÉCIAL CHAPTER TO THE VARIOUS FORMS OF SUPPORT WHICH THE COMMISSION HAS RECEIVED FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT. DESPITE INITIAL SCEPTICISM AND EVEN ANTAGONISM, THE COMMISSION IS NOW CLEARLY ACCEPTED, HE SAID.
/+THE COMMISSIONER