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WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1988

ANOTHER AMENDMENT WAS TO ENABLE THE

COMMISSIONER WITH AN INVESTIGATION IF HE CONSIDERED IT IN THE PUBLIC DO SO EVEN IF THE COMPLAINANT, FOR WHATEVER REASON, CHOSE THE COMPLAINT.

ΤΟ PROCEED INTEREST TO TO WITHDRAW

AN AMENDMENT WAS ALSO MADE TO THE BILL TO ALLOW THE COMMISSIONER TO ALERT A PARTY WHO MIGHT NOT BE AWARE OF THE INJUSTICE DONE TO HIM SO THAT HE MIGHT BE IN A POSITION ΤΟ CHOOSE WHETHER ΤΟ LODGE A COMPLAINT.

COMMISSIONER'S SCOPE COULD BE EXPANDED IN TIME

CONSIDERATION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO EXPANDING THE ROLE

AND SCOPE OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINTS AFTER TWO YEARS IF THE NEW OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER PROVES ITS WORTH, THE HON HILTON CHEONG-LEEN SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINTS BILL 1988, MR CHEONG-LEEN BELIEVED IT WOULD BE MORE PRACTICAL FOR THE COMMISSIONER то START WITH HANDLING ONLY THOSE COMPLAINTS WHICH WERE CHANNELLED THROUGH LEGCO MEMBERS.

STAFF ESTABLISHMENT

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THIS WAS BECAUSE THE COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE WOULD BEGIN WITH MERELY 19 POSTS AND INVESTIGATIVE DIVISION WOULD BE SMALL.

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"IN THE LIGHT OF THE COMMISSIONER'S EXPERIENCE AFTER THE FIRST TWO YEARS, THE SITUATION COULD THEN BE REVIEWED AS TO WHETHER COMPLAINTS COULD BE MADE BY ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC DIRECT TO THE COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE,' HE SAID.

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A SUGGESTION THAT COMPLAINANTS WHO WERE DISSATISFIED WITH THE FINDINGS OF THE POLICE COMPLAINTS COMMITTEE OR ICAC COMPLAINTS COMMITTEE SHOULD BE ABLE TO LODGE THEIR COMPLAINTS WITH THE COMMISSIONER DID NOT FIND FAVOUR WITH MR CHEONG-LEEN..

"AS I HAVE POINTED OUT ALREADY, THE COMMISIONER'S HAVE A SMALL STAFF, AND DURING THE INITIAL TWO

YEARS, ADVISABLE TO SEE HOW THE COMMISSIONER PERFORMS IN RESPECT DEPARTMENTS AND ORGANISATIONS ΤΟ WHICH THE LISTED IN THE FIRST SCHEDULE, HE SAID.

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