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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1989

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INVESTIGATION INTO SURVEY OFFICE SUBMISSIONS COMPLETED

THE POLICE HAVE COMPLETED THEIR INVESTIGATION INTO THE ALLEGEDLY FALSE SUBMISSIONS RECEIVED BY THE SURVEY OFFICE IN RESPONSE ΤΟ THE 1987 GREEN PAPER ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT IN HONG KONG.

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT A TOTAL OF 2,581 COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATED AND 2,310 COMPLAINANTS

INTERVIEWED.

HOWEVER, ONLY FOUR OF THE COMPLAINANTS INTERVIEWED DECIDED то PURSUE THEIR CASES. THE REST OF THE COMPLAINTS HAVE ALL BEEN WITHDRAWN VOLUNTARILY.

"AFTER HAVING LODGED THEIR COMPLAINTS, SOME COMPLAINANTS RECALLED HAVING PERSONALLY COMPLETED SUBMISSIONS OR HAVING AUTHORISED SUBMISSIONS TO BE MADE ON THEIR BEHALF," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

"ON THE OTHER HAND, SOME COMPLAINANTS HAD BECOME AWARE THAT SOME UNIONS OR ORGANISATIONS HAD MADE THE SUBMISSIONS ON THEIR BEHALF, WITH OR WITHOUT THEIR EXPLICIT CONSENT, BUT FELT RELUCTANT то PURSUE THEIR COMPLAINTS, HE ADDED.

AND

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS HAVE CONSIDERED THE MATTER DECIDED THAT THERE SHOULD BE NO PROSECUTION IN ANY OF THE CASES INVESTIGATED.

"AS THE GOVERNMENT HAD UNDERTAKEN TO DESTROY ALL SUBMISSIONS FOR WHICH THE CONTRIBUTORS HAD REQUESTED CONFIDENTIALITY, THESE ALLEGEDLY FALSE SUBMISSIONS WILL BE DESTROYED TOMORROW (THURSDAY) NOW THAT THE INVESTIGATIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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"OTHER SUBMISSIONS TO THE SURVEY OFFICE WERE DESTROYED IN MAY LAST YEAR," HE ADDED.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

THE DESTRUCTION OF THE SUBMISSIONS, WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE TOMORROW (THURSDAY), WILL BE WITNESSED BY MR ANDREW SO, ONE OF THE TWO MONITORS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR IN 1987 TO OVERSEE THE WORK OF THE SURVEY OFFICE.

THE SECRETARY FOR

CONSTITUTIONAL

AFFAIRS, MR MICHAEL SUEN,

WILL ALSO BE PRESENT.

ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE FOR THE MEDIA TO COVER THE DESTRUCTION OF THE SUBMISSIONS, WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE KENNEDY TOWN INCINERATOR AT 3.30 PM TOMORROW.

MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES COVERING THE EVENT ARK REQUESTED ΤΟ ASSEMBLE OUTSIDE THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE INCINERATOR AT 3.15 PM.

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