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THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1994
COLLEGE?
QUESTION: WHY DO YOU VISIT WELLINGTON
THE ARRANGEMENT WAS MADE ON LAST FRIDAY. IS IT BECAUSE YOU WANT TO TIGHTEN YOUR SCHEDULE?
GOVERNOR: NO. I VISIT SCHOOLS FAIRLY REGULARLY. I'VE MADE VISITS MANY TIMES AS YOU KNOW PERFECTLY WELL BECAUSE YOU'VE ACCOMPANIED ME ON MANY OF THEM. SOME OF THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THIS WEEK WERE MADE, FOR EXAMPLE, I WAS DOING THINGS AT LUNCH TIME WHICH WERE ARRANGED IN FEBRUARY. SO, THE ARRANGEMENTS CHANGE FROM TIME TO TIME.
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QUESTION: IN TODAY'S LEGCO HEARING, ALEX TSUI INSISTED THAT THERE WAS TARGET LIST WHICH SENIOR DISCIPLINED OFFICERS, SOME LEGCO MEMBERS, STAFF OF SOME CHINESE-CAPITAL COMPANIES HAVE NAMES ON THE LIST. HE ALSO MENTIONED THAT MR GOVERNOR YOURSELF AGREED TO SET UP A NEW POST OF DEPUTY DIRECTOR IN ICAC'S OPERATION DEPARTMENT то COLLECT INTELLIGENCE. HAVE YOU REALLY AGREED TO SET UP SUCH A POST?
GOVERNOR: NO. I'D LIKE TO HAVE A LOOK AT ANY MORE ALLEGATIONS BEFORE THE GOVERNMENT COMMENTS ON THEM. BUT, POINT YOU MADE IS UNTRUE. THERE AREN'T ANY TARGET LISTS. OPERATES WITHIN THE LAW AND THE LAW IS ABSOLUTELY SPECIFIC ABOUT THE OBLIGATIONS ON THE ICAC, THOUGH THOSE PRECISE STATUTORY OBLIGATIONS ARE BEING EXAMINED AT THE MOMENT BY THE COMMITTEE WHICH WAS SET UP UNDER MR HELMUT SOHMEN.
UNFOUNDED THE FIRST THE ICAC
QUESTION: MR PATTEN, THE SECURITY BRANCH REFUSED TO SEND OFFICIALS TO LEGCO TO EXPLAIN GOVERNMENT'S OBLIGATIONS TO USING THE TELECOMMUNICATION ORDINANCE TO BUG SOMEONE'S TELEPHONE, IS IT OPPOSITE TO THE WAY OF OPEN GOVERNMENT THAT YOU HAVE SUGGESTED?
GOVERNOR: WHAT THEY SAID WHICH I THINK IS PERFECTLY REASONABLE. THEY SENT A PAPER TO THE PANEL POINTING OUT THE WAY THE LAW IS AT PRESENT CARRIED OUT. AND THEY SAID THAT THEY DIDN'T THINK THEY COULD GIVE ORAL OR RATHER ORAL OR VERBAL FURTHER EVIDENCE UNTIL THE SOHMEN COMMITTEE ON THE ICAC HAS REPORTED. AND THAT SEEMS TO ME PERFECTLY SENSIBLE. THEY DON'T WANT TO BE IN A POSITION IN WHICH THEY ARE PRE-JUDGING ISSUES WHILE THE SOHMEN COMMITTEE IS STILL LOOKING AT THEM. ONE MORE.
QUESTION: MR PATTEN, LORD HOWE IS VISITING HONG KONG SOON AND HE'LL BE GOING TO BEIJING SOON ALSO. DO YOU HAVE ANY MESSAGE FOR HIM TO BRING TO BEIJING?
GOVERNOR: NO, BUT HE IS STAYING WITH ME IN HONG KONG. HE IS AN OLD FRIEND OF MINE SO I HAVE PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES TO TALK TO HIM WHILE HE IS HERE. BUT HE IS NOT HERE AS AN EMISSARY. I THINK HE IS GOING TO PEKING FOR A BOARD MEETING. BUT HE'S GOT A SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT OR TWO HERE IN HONG KONG AND I'LL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING HIM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH INDEED.
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