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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1988
SIR DAVID ALSO ANNOUNCED THE APPOINTMENT OF MR AS THE FIRST COMMISSIONER FOR ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINTS.
JUSTICE GARCIA
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"MR GARCIA HAS SERVED AS A JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT SINCE
NEW ASSIGNMENT HE WILL RETIRE FROM THE JUDICIARY AND TAKE UP HIS EARLY 1989,"
IT WAS THE GOVERNOR NOTED THAT HOWEVER GOOD THE CIVIL SERVICE,
THE GOVERNMENT IMPORTANT FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN THAT THERE SHOULD BE A RELIABLE AND INDEPENDENT MEANS INVESTIGATING ALLEGATIONS OF MALADMINISTRATION.
OF
JULY
FOLLOWING PUBLIC CONSULTATION, LEGISLATION WAS ENACTED IN
INDEPENDENT AUTHORITY THIS YEAR TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF AN FOR THIS PURPOSE.
ASSURANCE GIVEN ON MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC ORDER
LOCAL SERVICES ARE BEING DEVELOPED TO ENSURE THAT ALL COMMITMENTS FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC ORDER BOTH BEFORE AND AFTER 1997 CAN BE MET, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
CITING AN EXAMPLE, SIR DAVID SAID A NEW UNIT WITHIN THE POLICE FORCE WAS BEING ESTABLISHED AND THAT STARTING IN 1990, IT WOULD PROGRESSIVELY TAKE OVER THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR PREVENTING ILLEGAL ENTRY INTO HONG KONG.
"I AM CONFIDENT THAT THE POLICE WILL BE CAPABLE OF UNDERTAKING THIS NEW TASK WITH THE SAME DEDICATION AND EFFECTIVENESS AS THE GARRISON FORCES.
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HE SAID THE WITHDRAWAL OF BRITISH TROOPS WOULD BE PLANNED ON A PRUDENT AND GRADUAL BASIS WITH NO SUDDEN CHANGES AND THAT HE DID NOT EXPECT ANY SIGNIFICANT WITHDRAWALS BEFORE 1992.
THE GOVERNOR RECALLED THAT A NEW DEFENCE COSTS AGREEMENT, COVERING THE PERIOD UP TO 1997, WAS SIGNED IN JULY AFTER LONG AND SOMETIMES DIFFICULT NEGOTIATIONS.
"OUR OBJECTIVE IN THE NEGOTIATIONS WAS TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT PAID BY HONG KONG TO MAINTAIN THE GARRISON DURING A PERIOD WHEN WE SHALL BE SPENDING MORE ON BUILDING UP OUR OWN SECURITY FORCES, SIR DAVID SAID.
/HE POINTED