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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1988

MR BARNES POINTED OUT IN CORRUPTION OFFENCE WAS SUSPECTED UNDERTAKE THE INVESTIGATION.

HIS WRITTEN REPLY THAT IF A THE ICAC WOULD INVARIABLY

"IF THERE IS NO INDICATION OF CORRUPTION, THE POLICE OR CUSTOMS AND EXCISE WILL CARRY OUT THE INVESTIGATION,

" HE SAID.

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"IF IN THE EARLY STAGES OF AN INVESTIGATION BY THE ICAC, COMMISSION IS SATISFIED THAT NO CORRUPTION IS INVOLVED, THEN IT INVARIABLY REFERS THE CASE TO ONE OF THE OTHER AGENCIES.

"EQUALLY, IF THE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A CASE AND DISCOVER THAT CORRUPTION OFFENCES MAY BE INVOLVED, THEY NORMALLY REFER IT TO THE ICAC. THE ICAC WILL THEN ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE INVESTIGATION."

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MR BARNES SAID THAT THE INTERFACE" BETWEEN THE ICAC AND THE POLICE IN HANDLING CORRUPTION CASES WHICH WERE CONNECTED WITH CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD OR TRAFFICKING IN DANGEROUS DRUGS LAY IN THE CLOSE LIAISON THAT EXISTED BETWEEN THE ICAC AND THE POLICE AND ALSO WITH CUSTOMS AND EXCISE AND WITH THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT,

HE SAID THAT WHERE THE ICAC HAD BECOME HEAVILY ENGAGED IN A CASE BEFORE IT APPEARED THAT THE CORRUPTION ASPECT WAS LACKING, OR INSUFFICIENT FOR PROSECUTION PURPOSES, IT WOULD BE A WASTE OF TIME AND MANPOWER FOR THE ICAC TO HAND THE CASE OVER TO ANOTHER AGENCY TO START THE INVESTIGATION AGAIN.

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"80, FOLLOWING CONSULTATION, INCLUDING THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT, IT WILL CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE THE CASE IN CLOSE CO-OPERATION WITH THE APPROPRIATE AGENCY, SOMETIMES IN WHAT IS DELIBERATELY DESIGNED AS A JOINT OPERATION, HE SAID.

REQUIREMENT PROTECTS INTERESTS OF LOCAL WORKERS

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WHEN A FOREIGN NATIONAL IS PERMITTED ΤΟ ENTER HONG KONG WORK, ONE OF THE CONDITIONS OF ENTRY IMPOSED BY THE DIRECTOR IMMIGRATION IS THAT THE SALARY TO BE PAID SHOULD NOT BE LESS THAN THE CURRENT MARKET RATE FOR THE JOB TO BE PERFORMED.

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THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON GEOFFREY BARNES, SAID THIS IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO THE HON POON CHI-FAI WHO INQUIRED ABOUT THE RATIONALE FOR ADOPTING POLICY OF STIPULATING A MINIMUM MONTHLY SALARY FOR FOREIGN DOMESTIC HELPERS".

/MR BARNES