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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1977

APPOINTMENT OF ICAC COMPLAINTS COMMITTEE

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A COMMITTEE HAS BEEN SET UP UNDER THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE HON. SIR YUET-KEUNG KAN TO MONITOR COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE ICAC.

THE COMMITTEE TO BE CALLED +ICAC COMPLAINTS COMMITTEE+ WOULD COMPRISE: DR. THE HON. S.Y. CHUNG, THE HON. Q.W. LEE, THE HON. MRS. JOYCE SYMONS, THE HON. J.H. BREMRIDGE, THE HON. R.H. LOBO, DR. THE HON. R.L. HUANG AND A LAW OFFICER.

THE ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY OF UMELCO AND AN OFFICER OF THE ICAC WILL SERVE AS JOINT SECRETARIES,

THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF THE COMMITTEE ARE

* TO MONITOR AND WHERE IT CONSIDERS APPROPRIATE TO REVIEW

THE HANDLING BY THE ICAC OF COMPLAINTS BY ANYONE AGAINST THE ICAC AND OFFICERS OF THE ICAC.

* TO IDENTIFY ANY FAULTS IN ICAC PROCEDURES WHICH LEAD

OR MIGHT LEAD TO COMPLAINTS, AND,

* WHEN IT CONSIDERS APPROPRIATE TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO

THE COMMISSIONER OF THE ICAC OR, WHEN CONSIDERED NECESSARY, TO THE GOVERNOR.

THE TERM OF THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE IS FROM TODAY (DECEMBER 1, 1977) TO DECEMBER 31, 1978.

THE COMMITTEE IS TO SUBMIT A SUMMARY OF THE CASES IT HAS CONSIDERED TO THE GOVERNOR SIX MONTHS AFTER ITS ESTABLISHMENT AND ANNUALLY THEREAFTER.

DUKE OF KENT TO VISIT HK

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HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS. THE DUKE OF KENT, VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE BRITISH OVERSEAS TRADE BOARD, WILL VISIT HONG KONG TO OPEN A BRITISH INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION ON MARCH 6, 1978.

HRH WILL SPEND THREE DAYS IN HONG KONG AND THEN TRAVEL ON TO MANILA AND SINGAPORE.

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