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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1987

SIR DAVID FURTHER SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD DECIDED TO SET UP AN INDEPENDENT AUTHORITY

THE COMMISSIONER FOR ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINTS

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TO INVESTIGATE COMPLAINTS OF MALADMINISTRATION. THE DETAILS OF THE COMMISSIONER'S TERMS OF APPOINTMENT, HIS JURISDICTION, ACCESS TO HIM BY COMPLAINANTS AND HIS INVESTIGATORY POWERS WOULD BE PUBLISHED AS A WHITE BILL FOR PUBLIC CONSULTATION.

TO BETTER CO-ORDINATE DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, SIR DAVID ALSO ANNOUNCED THE APPOINTMENT OF A COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TO SEEK OUT AND DEVELOP NEW SCIENTIFIC IDEAS OF RELEVANCE TO HONG KONG AND TO ADVISE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS ON HOW THEY MIGHT BE BEST APPLIED.

HE SAID A SCHEME WAS BEING WORKED OUT TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO RENOUNCE TRIAD MEMBERSHIP. HE ADDED THAT A NEW COMPUTERISED CRIMINAL INFORMATION SYSTEM WOULD BE IN OPERATION NEXT YEAR TO IMPROVE THE ABILITY TO COMBAT TRIAD ACTIVITIES AND OTHER SERIOUS CRIMES.

ON MEASURES AGAINST TRAVEL AGENTS WHICH SUDDENLY CEASED BUSINESS OR DEFAULTED ON THEIR OBLIGATIONS, SIR DAVID SAID THERE NOW SEEMED TO BE A GENERAL CONSENSUS THAT THE BEST WAY FORWARD WAS FOR THE TRAVEL INDUSTRY TO REGULATE ITSELF, AND THAT IT SHOULD ADOPT SOUND AND PRUDENT PRACTICES IN ORDER TO PROTECT ITS OWN INTEGRITY AS WELL AS THE INTERESTS OF ITS CUSTOMERS.

ON INDUSTRIAL SAFETY, HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT WOULD INTRODUCE LEGISLATION DURING THE CURRENT SESSION TO IMPOSE ON BOTH EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES A GENERAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR SAFETY AND HEALTH AT WORK; TO INTRODUCE CUSTODIAL SENTENCES FOR SERIOUS OFFENCES; AND TO CONTROL DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES USED IN INDUSTRY.

MAKING HK A BETTER, MORE PROSPEROUS HOME FOR ALL

THE FIRM RESOLVE OF THE GOVERNMENT THROUGHOUT THE COMING YEAR IS TO PRESS ON WITH THE TASK OF MAKING HONG KONG A BETTER AND MORE PROSPEROUS HOME FOR ALL OUR PEOPLE, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

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ADDRESSING THE OPENING OF THE NEW LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SESSION, SIR DAVID SAID TO ACHIEVE THIS THE GOVERNMENT WOULD BE SEEKING THE SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND OF ALL THOSE CONCERNED WITH PUBLIC AFFAIRS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.

"I HOPE

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