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FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1989

YEAR IN WHICH IT

AND EFFICIENCY,

"THE DEPARTMENT CAN LOOK BACK ON 1988 AS A CONTINUED TO PERFORM ITS NORMAL DUTIES WITH PATIENCE AND AT THE SAME DETERMINATION,

TIME

MET NEW

W

HE ADDED.

CHALLENGES WITH

THE GOVERNOR ALSO CONGRATULATED

WILLINGNESS AND

THE OFFICERS ON PARADE AND

PRESENTED COLONIAL PRISON SERVICE MEDALS TO 19 STAFF MEMBERS GIVEN EXEMPLARY SERVICE OVER THE PAST 18 YEARS.

WHO HAD

FIRST COMMISSIONER FOR ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINTS APPOINTED

* * * * * *

THE GOVERNOR HAS APPOINTED MR COMMISSIONER FOR ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINTS UPON

ARTHUR GARCIA AS THE THE JUDICIARY AS A JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT.

HIS RETIREMENT

APPOINTMENT

PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE TODAY (FRIDAY), THE BE EFFECTIVE FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS COMMENCING ON FEBRUARY 1 YEAR.

FIRST

FROM

WILL

THIS

COMMENCEMENT

THE GOVERNOR HAS ALSO APPOINTED FEBRUARY 1 AS THE DATE FOR THE COMMISSIONER FOR ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINTS ORDINANCE.

"THE OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR WILL BECOME OPERATIONAL ON MARCH 1," A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.

ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINTS

"THE COMMISSIONER WILL BE PERSONALLY HIS OFFICE AND LAYING DOWN WORKING PROCEDURES.

INVOLVED IN SETTING UP

THE COMMISSIONER

"MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO SUBMIT TO A COMPLAINT OF MALADMINISTRATION AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD DO 30 THROUGH A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (OTHER MEMBER).

THAN AN OFFICIAL

"THIS MAY BE DONE BY ADDRESSING THE MEMBER DIRECTLY OR

THROUGH

OMELCO."

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT FOLLOWING CONSULTATION

A PERIOD IN 1986

OF PUBLIQ ON THE CONSULTATIVE GRIEVANCES", THE GOVERNMENT AGREED

DOCUMENT, "REDRESS OF IN VIEW THAT AN INDEPENDENT AUTHORITY SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED TO DEAL

PRINCIPLE WITH THE MAJORITY COMPLAINTS ALLEGING MALADMINISTRATION.

WITH

"THE COMMISSIONER FOR ADMINISTRATIVE PASSED INTO LAW IN JULY LAST YEAR AFTER THE PUBLIC AND THE LEGISLATIVE SCRUTINISE IT,"

HE SAID.

COMPLAINTS BILL WAS WITH

EXTENSIVE CONSULTATION

AD HOC GROUP FORMED

COUNCIL

TO

THERE IS