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NEVERTHELESS, HE SUPPORTED THE PROPOSAL

WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1988

THAT THE COMISSIONER BE APPOINTED AN EX-OFFICIO MEMBER OF BOTH THE POLICE COMPLAINTS COMMITTEE AND THE ICAC COMPLAINTS COMMITTEE AS THIS ARRANGEMENT SHOULD ENABLE THE COMMISSIONER TO LEND HIS EXPERTISE TO THESE MONITORING BODIES.

BUT IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT COMPLAINANTS WOULD STILL HAVE RIGHT TO APPEAL DIRECT TO THE GOVERNOR, HE STRESSED.

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REFERRING TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT THAT THE COMMISSIONER MUST BE INDEPENDENT AND BE SEEN TO BE SO, MR CHEONG-LEEN POINTED OUT THAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAD PROMISED THAT AS FAR AS PRACTICABLE, COMMISSIONER'S STAFF WOULD NOT BE CIVIL SERVANTS

THE SO AS то REGISTER WITH THE PUBLIC THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE.

"THE COMMISSIONER'S APPOINTMENT WILL BE FOR FIVE YEARS, AND MAY BE REAPPOINTED. IN ORDER TO UPHOLD HIS INDEPENDENCE, GOVERNOR CAN ONLY REMOVE THE COMMISSIONER SUBJECT TO THE THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON THE GROUND OF INABILITY FUNCTIONS OF HIS OFFICE, OR MISBEHAVIOUR.

APPROVAL TO DISCHARGE

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"FURTHERMORE, ONCE THE COMMISSIONER RECEIVES A RELEVANT COMPLAINT THROUGH A LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR, HE HAS TO INFORM COMPLAINANT DIRECT AND THE COUNCILLOR CONCERNED OF THE RESULTS OF INVESTIGATIONS.

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"THIS IS ANOTHER CHECKS-AND-BALANCE ARRANGEMENT LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR IS ABLE TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON A CONTINUED.

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MR CHEONG-LEEN NOTED THAT THERE WERE CLAUSES WHICH FOR THE COMMISSIONER TO REPORT SERIOUS IRREGULARITIES TO THE FOR TABLING IN LEGCO AND ALSO STIPULATING THAT THE GOVERNOR ANNUALLY PRESENT TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL A REPORT ON COMMISSIONER'S WORK.

"THE COMMISSIONER FOR ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINTS WILL BE NO 'PAO KUNG' TRAVELLING ROUND THE URBAN AREAS AND THE NEW TERRITORIES SEEKING TO UNEARTH INJUSTICES, BUT WE HOPE THAT THIS OFFICE WILL A REFINEMENT AND IMPROVEMENT ON THE EXISTING NETWORK OF COMPLAINTS

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HE CONCLUDED.

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