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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1993

GUIDANCE

IN THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES, SHE SHOULD BE SEEKING URGENT FROM LEGCO PRESIDENT ON HOW A CLAIM OF PUBLIC INTEREST IMMUNITY SHOULD BE DETERMINED.

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EFFECT OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ALLEGATIONS

OF INFORMATION 11 IF IT IS CONCLUDED THAT THE YITHHOLDING ESSENTIAL FOR THE PROPER FUNCTIONING OF THE ICAC THEN THE THIS MOTION WILL BE TO PERMIT MR TSUI UNDER THE (POWERS AND PRIVILEGES) ORDINANCE TO MAKE UNSUBSTANTIATED

THE COMMISSIONER CANNOT, AGAINST OTHER MEMBERS OF THE ICAC WHICH CONSISTENT WITH THE WIDER PUBLIC INTEREST, EXPLAIN OR REBUT.

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A CONTINUING CF THE ICAC

MRS CHAN SAID THE BATTLE AGAINST CORRUPTION WAS ONE IN WHICH THE SERVICES OF THE MEN AND WOMEN DEPENDED UPON.

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"THERE MUST BE NO REASON TO DOUBT THEIR SOUNDNESS," SHE SAID.

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CS DISAPPOINTED BY MOTION OUTCOME

THE CHIEF

TODAY (WEDNESDAY}

SECRETARY, MRS ANSON CHAN, SAID THAT SHE WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH THE OUTCOME OF A MOTION PASSED BY INDEPENDENT LEGISLATORS TO CONDUCT HEARINGS ON THE TERMINATION BY THE COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION OF THE EMPLOYMENT OF MR ALEX TSUI KA-KIT LAST MONTH.

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SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER ATTENDING THE LEGISLATIVE MEETING, MRS CHAN SAID SHE DOUBTED IF THE HEARINGS THAT MEMBERS WISHED OF EMPLOYMENT TO CONDUCT WOULD HELP CLARIFY WHETHER THE TERMINATION WAS LEGITIMATE OR NOT.

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TO MUDDY THE "ON THE CONTRARY, I THINK, IT WILL ONLY SERVE WATERS AS SEVERAL MEMBERS HAVE ALREADY POINTED OUT DURING THE DEBATE, SHE SAID.

SHE POINTED OUT THAT AT A TIME WHEN THERE APPEARED TO

WOULD THE PUBLIC

BE PARTICULARLY CORRUPTION CASES, INCREASE IN CONCERNED IF ANY PUBLIC HEARING WOULD UNDERMINE THE EFFECTIVENESS THE ICAC.

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PUBLIC HAS FULL CONFIDENCE IN THE WORK OF THE PUBLIC CONCERN, THIS POINT IN TIME, GIVEN THE GIVING THE ICAC EVERY SUPPORT THAT IT POSSIBLY

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CHIEF SECRETARY SAID GIVEN THE VERY SPECIAL TASK GIVEN THE ICAC TO ADDRESS A PARTICULARLY SERIOUS PROBLEM OVER WHICH THAT THE PUBLIC WAS VERY CONCERNED, THE COMMISSIONER HAD ACTED FULLY WITHIN THE STATUTORY POWERS CONFERRED UPON HIM.

MRS CHAN SAID WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE MOTION, SHE WOULD HAVE TO CONSULT THE COMMISSIONER AND CONSIDER TOGETHER WITH HIM WHETHER IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST CERTAIN INFORMATION ON MR TSUI SHOULD BE WITHHELD.

GUIDANCE FROM LEGCO

IF IT WAS SO, SHE SAID SHE WOULD SEEK PRESIDENT AS TO HOW THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD CLAIM IMMUNITY.

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