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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1987
WHITE BILL SHORTLY ON COMPLEX COMMERCIAL CRIME TRIAL LAW
BE
THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL HAS DECIDED THAT A WHITE BILL WILL
ON THE PROPOSED LAW PUBLISHED
GOVERNING THE TRIAL OF COMPLEX COMMERCIAL CRIMES.
THE
GENERAL, THE
HON
TOLD
THE
(OR A
DRAFT TIME.
ATTORNEY
MICHAEL THOMAS, LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT A WHITE BILL BILL FOR PUBLIC DISCUSSION) WILL BE GAZETTED IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS'
SPEAKING DURING THE RESUMED DEBATE ON THE GOVERNOR'S POLICY PUT FORWARD BY THE ADDRESS, MR THOMAS SAID THE 57 RECOMMENDATIONS SELECT COMMITTEE ON COMPLEX COMMERCIAL
COVERED ADMINISTRATIVE AS WELL AS LEGISLATIVE MATTERS.
CRIME
A NUMBER OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS INTO EFFECT BY ADMINISTRATIVE MEANS.
HAD ALREADY BEEN CARRIED
A GREAT DEAL OF WORK HAD BEEN DONE ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS REQUIRING LEGISLATION.
TO IMPLEMENT
THE
BROAD
WILL
OPPORTUNITY
ΤΟ
"ALTHOUGH THE BILL SEEKS RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE, ITS DETAILED PROVISIONS
INTERESTED PARTIES MUST BE NEW AND
BE GIVEN THE COMMENT ON THEM, HE SAID.
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WAS MR THOMAS SAID NO ONE WOULD DISPUTE THAT IT
IMPORTANT FINANCIAL CENTRE AN INTERNATIONAL
SUCH AS HONG KONG TO POSSESS EFFICIENT MEANS OF COMBATTING AND PUNISHING COMMERCIAL CRIME.
"AS A MATTER OF FACT THE GOVERNMENT HAS DEVOTED CONSIDERABLE RESOURCES TO THE FIGHT AGAINST COMMERCIAL CRIME IN RECENT YEARS.
"IT WAS ONLY IN
1980 THAT MY PREDECESSOR FIRST SET UP A IN THE COMMERCIAL CRIME UNIT
THE PROSECUTIONS DIVISION OF
LEGAL DIRECTORATE OFFICER AND DEPARTMENT BY ASSIGNING TO THAT UNIT A COUNSEL. PRIOR TO THAT, COMMERCIAL CRIME HAD TO COMPDETE FOR TIME ATTENTION WITH OTHER SERIOUS CRIMES, HE SAID.
"
TWO
AND
OFFICERS AND 15 OTHER
IN PARALLELLED
THE ROYAL THE ICAC HAD TAKEN ON
TODAY, THE UNIT HAD EIGHT DIRECTORATE EXPERIENCED COUNSEL. THIS GROWTH HAD BEEN HONG KONG POLICE FORCE AND, IN RECENT YEARS, MAJOR CASES INVOLVING CORRUPTION.
ACCOUNTANTS FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR WERE INVESTIGATE CASES AND AS EXPERT WITNESSES.
ALSO BROUGHT IN то
BUT I "OF COURSE THE FIGHT AGAINST COMMERCIAL CRIME IS COSTLY
MEMBERS DO AM SURE
NOT WISH TO ALLOW
SAVINGS AND HONG KONG'S INVESTMENTS, BIG OR SMALL, TO BE PLUNDERED WITH IMPUNITY," HE SAID.
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