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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1993
ICAC CONDUCTS CHECKS ON CIVIL SERVANTS' INTEGRITY
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FOR A SMALL NUMBER OF GOVERNMENT POSTS REQUIRING A HIGH DEGREE OF TRUST, THE CO-ORDINATION OF THE RECORD CHECKS AND INTERVIEWS WILL
FUTURE BE CONDUCTED
COMMISSION AGAINST INDEPENDENT CORRUPTION (ICAC).
IN
BY THE
THIS WAS
STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR
MR SECURITY,
ALISTAIR
ASPREY, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE MR ASPREY SAID THE NATURE OF THE CHECKS WOULD REMAIN UNCHANGED.
HON
TANG
YING-YEN,
HE
POINTED
THAT OUT
THE
BETWEEN DIFFERENCE
CONDUCTED BY THE ICAC AND THAT CURRENTLY CARRIED OUT BY BRANCH WAS ADMINISTRATIVE IN NATURE.
HE
THE
VETTING THE SPECIAL
SAID: "THERE WILL, AS BEFORE, BE CHECKS FOR INVOLVEMENT CRIME, CORRUPTION, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES WHICH MIGHT CAST DOUBT UPON CIVIL SERVANT'S INTEGRITY.
WILL
CONTINUE TO REQUIRE
THE
IN A
THE PROCESS
VERIFICATION OF WITH INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE CIVIL SERVANT BY MEANS OF INTERVIEWS HIMSELF AND WITH REFEREES, MR ASPREY ADDED.
ON THE POSTS THAT WILL BE SUBJECT SAID: "SUCH
NUMBER
TO VETTING, THE SECRETARY WILL BE REQUIRED OF THOSE CHECKS OF POSTS OF
SENSITIVITY PARTICULAR SECRETARY/DEPUTY DIRECTOR LEVEL AND ABOVE."
OCCUPYING OR TRUST,
A
AT
LIMITED DEPUTY
0
NO DECISION YET ON PA ADVISER'S CONTRACT
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THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT YET IN A POSITION TO MAKE A DECISION WHETHER THE CONTRACT OF THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS ADVISER SHOULD BE THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR MICHAEL SUEN, TOLD THE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
ON
RENEWED, LEGISLATIVE
MR SUEN IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON EMILY LAU,
ANY CHARGE TO PUBLIC ADDED THAT IF THE CONTRACT WAS TO BE RENEWED,
WITH FUNDS WOULD BE MADE IN ACCORDANCE
THE ESTABLISHED AUTHORITIES AND LIMITS FOR THE INCURRENCE OF PUBLIC EXPENDITURE.
CONTRACT FOR THE SERVICE OF THE THE
AUGUST 31 NEXT YEAR.
ADVISER WILL
EXPIRE
ON
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