TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1994
GOVT RESPONDS TO INQUIRY REPORT ON ALEX TSUI'S DISMISSAL
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THE GOVERNMENT TODAY (TUESDAY) WELCOMED THE FINDINGS OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SECURITY PANEL THAT THE INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION (ICAC) COMMISSIONER HAD ACTED REASONABLY AND PROPERLY IN TERMINATING THE SERVICES OF MR ALEX TSUI, THE FORMER DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS OF THE ICAC.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID: "WE WELCOME THE PANEL'S FINDING THAT THE COMMISSIONER'S DECISION TO DISMISS MR TSUI WAS REASONABLE AND PROPER.
**THERE WAS NEVER ANY QUESTION IN OUR MIND ABOUT THE COMMISSIONER'S DECISION, WHICH WAS TAKEN IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE ICAC AND THE COMMUNITY.
"IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMISSIONER TO UPHOLD THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF INTEGRITY IN THE ICAC IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN PUBLIC CONFIDENCE, ESPECIALLY AT A TIME WHEN REPORTS OF CORRUPTION ARE ON THE INCREASE.
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THE SPOKESMAN NOTED THAT THE PANEL HAD MADE EIGHT RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE GOVERNMENT AND THE ICAC.
"THE FOUR RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE GOVERNMENT COVER AREAS THAT ARE ALREADY BEING CONSIDERED BY THE INDEPENDENT REVIEW COMMITTEE WHICH IS LOOKING INTO THE POWERS AND THE SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE ICAC. COPIES OF THE REPORT WILL OF COURSE BE PASSED TO THE REVIEW COMMITTEE FOR REFERENCE, HE SAID.
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THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT THE OTHER FOUR RECOMMENDATIONS COVERED INTERNAL MATTERS OF THE ICAC WHICH WERE FOR THE COMMISSIONER'S CONSIDERATION.
13 MORE HIV-INFECTED CASES CONFIRMED
TWELVE MEN AND ONE WOMAN WERE FOUND TO BE POSITIVE FOR THE HIV ANTIBODY TEST LAST MONTH (SEPTEMBER), THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ANNOUNCED TODAY (TUESDAY).
THIS BRINGS THE NUMBER OF HIV INFECTED PERSONS IN HONG KONG
TO
493.
THREE NEW AIDS CASES WERE REPORTED DURING THE MONTH.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CONFIRMED AIDS CASES IS 118 WITH 71 DEATHS
REPORTED.
OF THE
493 HIV-INFECTED, 185 ACQUIRED THE INFECTION THROUGH HOMOSEXUAL OR BISEXUAL SEX AND 190 THROUGH HETEROSEXUAL SEX, 11 WERE INJECTING DRUG USERS, ONE WAS A MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION AROUND THE TIME OF BIRTH; AND 66 ACQUIRED THE INFECTION THROUGH CONTAMINATED BLOOD OR BLOOD PRODUCTS BEFORE 1985 WHEN HIV ANTIBODY TEST AND SAFE HEAT TREATED CLOTTING CONCENTRATES WERE NOT AVAILABLE.
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