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HE SAID THE COMMISSIONER SHOULD BE APPOINTED BY AND ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL,
HE URGED THE GOVERNMENT TO STATE CLEARLY THE BOUNDARIES OF THE POWERS OF THE COMMISSIONER IF IT WAS DECIDED THAT SUCH AN OFFICE SHOULD BE SET UP.
TO ENSURE THAT THE COMMISSIONER WOULD ENJOY AN INDEPENDENT REPUTATION, HE SHOULD BE GIVEN A RELATIVELY LONG TERM OF OFFICE, SUCH AS FIVE YEARS, MR LAI SUGGESTED.
HE ADDED THAT A HIGH COURT JUDGE MIGHT BE AN APPROPRIATE CANDIDATE IN THIS REGARD.
COMMISSIONER FOR ADMINISTRATION SOUGHT BY PUBLIC
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THE PUBLIC HAVE CLEARLY INDICATED THEIR WISH TO SEE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE POST OF COMMISSIONER FOR ADMINISTRATION, THE HON, LEE YU-TAI SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE ADJOURNMENT DEBATE ON THE CONSULTATIVE DOCUMENT ON REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES, MR LEE SAID THAT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD +HONOUR ITS WORDS+ BY ACCEDING TO THE WISHES OF THE PEOPLE.
A PROPERLY RUN GOVERNMENT WAS NOT A GOVERNMENT FREE FROM MISTAKES BUT ONE WHICH RECEIVED COMPLAINTS AND WHICH WAS WILLING TO RECTIFY MISTAKES AND MAKE IMPROVEMENTS, MR LEE SAID.
COMMENTING ON THE ROLE OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR ADMINISTRATION, MR LEE SAID THAT IN TERMS OF OBJECTIVITY, IT SEEMED THET HE WOULD BE IN A BETTER POSITION TO HANDLE COMPLAINTS THAN COUNCILLORS.
IT WOULD ALSO BE APPROPRIATE FOR THE COMMISSIONER FOR ADMINISTRATION TO HANDLE ALLEGATIONS CONCERNING MAL ADMINISTRATION. WHILE THE OMELCO WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR RECEIVING AND REFERRING COMPLAINTS, SO AS TO FACILITATE COORDINATION.
MR LEE SAID THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD PROMISED IN 1985 TO ENHANCE THE AVENUES OF COMPLAINTS AND THAT A CONSULTATIVE DOCUMENT WOULD BE ISSUED TO ENABLE THE PUBLIC TO DEBATE ON THE PROPOSALS CONTAINED IN THE DOCUMENT.
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