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THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1994
THERE ARE IT'S ALSO THE CASE, THE COUNCIL MUST KNOW IT, THAT
DOING PEOPLE IN THE ICAC, THERE ARE INDIVIDUAL MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE
WORK,
WHICH WHO ARE DOING WORK INCREDIBLY SENSITIVE
BRINGS THEM PERSONAL DANGER. HOW DOES THE HONOURABLE MEMBER THINK THEY FEEL ABOUT IN WHICH THEY'RE THAT THE POSSIBILITY
AT ANY MOMENT AN OPERATION INVOLVED CAN BE HALF-SPLASHED OVER THE PAPERS OR LEAKED TO THE PAPERS. I'M NOT SAYING TO THE HONOURABLE MEMBER, I'M CERTAINLY NOT SAYING THAT IN A WAY WHICH IS WE DON'T NEED TO ENSURE THAT THE ICAC WORKS APPROPRIATE
THE CONDITIONS IN HONG KONG TODAY, THAT
BE
FOR
IS TOTALLY RIGHT. I ALSO TOTALLY ACCEPT THAT ISSUE LIKE SURVEILLANCE WHICH I'VE TALKED ABOUT TODAY,
THAT ISSUES LIKE THE DRIVE AGAINST CORRUPTION,
SHOULD
ISSUES FOR WHICH THE EXECUTIVE
ACCOUNTABLE TO THIS IS
ABOUT AND
ASK QUESTIONS COUNCIL
COUNCILLORS ARE ENTIRELY RIGHT TO THEM. BUT THERE ARE WAYS IN WHICH ONE CAN PROCEED WHICH ACTUALLY MAKE
VERY DIFFICULT
ASPECTS OF THE IT
SORT OF SUPPORT WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY COMMUNITY.
FOR
WITH
THE
ADMINISTRATION
THEY
NEED
ΤΟ
OPERATE FROM THE
NOT IN
THE
ITS'
LET'S MAKE THOSE VERY OBVIOUS POINTS TO THE COUNCIL, ORDER TO TRY TO INHIBIT THE COUNCIL, BUT JUST TO TRY TO ENCOURAGE COUNCIL
LOOK ΤΟ
AT THE WAY IN WHICH RESPONSIBILITIES,
IT
ACTUALLY
DISCHARGES
MR PRESIDENT, ACTUALLY I MR CHEUNG MAN-KWONG (THROUGH INTERPRETER):
DAY. DON'T KNOW WHETHER MR GOVERNOR IS AWARE OF WHAT HAPPENED ON THAT
ALREADY 6.30 IN THE AFTER MR TSUI HAS GIVEN HIS SPEECH THAT WAS
TO AFTERNOON AND WE HAD TO GIVE HIM AN EXTRA FIFTEEN MINUTES FOR HIM
NOT FINISH HIS SPEECH AND ON THAT PARTICULAR DAY LEGCO MEMBERS DID HAVE A CHANCE TO PUT QUESTIONS TO HIM. AND HOW WOULD YOU KNOW THAT IF LEGCO MEMBERS LEGCO MEMBERS HAD THE TIME TO ASK QUESTIONS TO MR TSUI,
THAT LECCO WOULD HAVE QUERIED THE POWER OF ICAC AND HOW DO YOU KNOW
SUCH AN AND HOW DO YOU AT WOULD MEMBERS
NOT HAVE QUERIED MR TSUI?
INTO THE EARLY STAGE KNOW THAT WE WOULD NOT HAVE ENDEAVOURED TO DIG
NOT, AFTER DO YOU KNOW THAT WE WOULD HOW TRUTH
AN ENQUIRY, AND ACTUALLY ENHANCE THE OPERATION OF ICAC?
THAT
OF
THE ONLY THERE ARE THAT WHEN WAY
GOVERNOR: WELL IF THE HONOURABLE MEMBER AND I SHARE THE OBJECTIVE TRYING TO ENHANCE THE CAPACITY OF THE ICAC, THEN THAT IS A USEFUL NOTE I'M NOT SEEKING OF CO-OPERATION ON WHICH TO CONCLUDE THIS AFTERNOON. TO PRE-JUDGE THE WAY THE COUNCIL WORKS IN ITS ENQUIRIES. POINT THAT I AM MAKING IS THE POINT I MADE EARLIER, CONSEQUENCES OF THE ACTIONS THAT ONE TAKES AND THAT MEANS ONE IS IN A SENSITIVE AREA, ONE HAS TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT THE
HONOURABLE ONE PROCEEDS AND I WAS DELIGHTED BY THE ASSURANCE FROM THE MEMBER THAT HE RECOGNISES THAT AND I HOPE HE WILL TAKE IT FROM ME THAT OF THIS 1 WASN'T SEEKING
UNDERTAKING TO CRITICISE THE LEGITIMATE COUNCIL'S ROLE BY INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS. NO INTENTION OF THAT ON MY PART
BUT WHATSOEVER.
REPEAT, I
THE WAY THE COUNCIL OPERATES
HAS
CONSEQUENCES.
THE PRESIDENT: IN ACCORDANCE WITH STANDING ORDERS I NOW ADJOURN SITTING UNTIL WEDNESDAY 27 APRIL, 1994.
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