XN000022-1978-06-20 — Page 2

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TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 1978

SIR YUET-KEUNG KAN TO CHAIR ICAC ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON CORRUPTION

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SIR YUET-KEUNG KAN HAS TAKEN OVER THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE ICAC ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON CORRUPTION FROM THE COMMISSIONER, MR. JACK CATER. AT THE SAME TIME, MR. CATER HAS SUCCEEDED SIR YUET-KEUNG KAN AS CHAIRMAN OF THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON COMMUNITY RELATIONS. SIR YUET-KEUNG KAN WILL HOWEVER RETAIN HIS MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE.

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY THAT THESE APPOINTMENTS ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GOVERNMENT'S VIEW THAT THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON CORRUPTION SHOULD IN THE LONG TERM HAVE AN UNOFFICIAL CHAIRMAN,

MR. CATER'S ASSUMPTION OF THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON COMMUNITY RELATIONS IS ON AN EX-OFFICIO BASIS AND WILL BRING IT INTO LINE WITH THE COMMISSION'S OTHER DEPARTMENTAL ADVISORY BODIES, ALL OF WHICH ARE CHAIRED BY THE COMMISSIONER,

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