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Wednesday, October 17, 1973

COMENTS BY HEAD OF ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION

Commenting on his appointment as Head of the new independent Anti-

Corruption Commission this evening, Mr. J. Cater said.

"I know that this new initiative by the Governor to set up an

Anti-Corruption Commission will be very much welcomed by the people of

Hong Kong.

"And for my part I am delighted to have been asked to spearhead

this new organisation.

challenge.

"I have no illusions. It is a marmoth task but it is a great

"It is not the sort of problem that can be solved overnight. It is

going to be a long tough battle, and it will not be won without the whale-

hearted cooperation of everybody, but I can assure you that I an determined

to see this evil of corruption rooted out of our community.

"I am extremely fortunate to have John Prendergast as my Director

of Operations

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a man with a tremendous world wide reputation. He is

known as a man who gets to the heart of a problem with the minimum of

fuse. I worked with him before in the early '60s, and I am very much

looking forward to being with him again.

"My team will be handpicked and will not only be civil servants.

I am going to pick the best possible men to tackle this task."

Release time: 10.00 p.m.