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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1994

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INDEPENDENT REVIEW WILL STRENGTHEN ICAC

BE

WILL THE INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION (ICAC) STRENGTHENED, NOT WEAKENED, BY AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF ITS ACTIVITIES AND BY AN INDEPENDENT ENDORSEMENT OF THE POWERS THAT IT NEEDS TO WITH CORRUPTION.

DEAL

ABOUT THE ICAC'S 20TH

THE CHIEF SECRETARY, MRS ANSON CHAN, MADE THE REMARK SETTING UP OF THE REVIEW COMMITTEE TODAY (SATURDAY) AT ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION.

THE COMMITTEE'S TERMS OF REFERENCE ARE TO REVIEW THE POWERS AND BY THE FIVE ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE ICAC, INCLUDING THE ROLE PLAYED

THE EXISTING ICAC ADVISORY COMMITTEES, AND TO TENDER THEIR ADVICE TO GOVERNOR BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.

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SHE SAID.

"WE INTEND TO PUBLISH THE COMMITTEE'S REPORT,

"I CANNOT OF COURSE PREJUDGE WHAT CONCLUSIONS REACH, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO EMPHASISE THE GOVERNMENT ATTACHES TO ITS WORK, SHE ADDED.

WILL

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THE COMMITTEE THAT IMPORTANCE

THE

CORRUPTION,

REAFFIRMING THE GOVERNMENT COMMITMENT TO FIGHTING MRS CHAN CALLED FOR THE WHOLEHEARTED SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY.

"THE

AND ITS THE

ICAC WAS CREATED 20 YEARS AGO BY PUBLIC DEMAND, ACHIEVEMENTS HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE BECAUSE IT HAS CONTINUED TO ENJOY SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY.

"BUT OUR EVER MORE SOPHISTICATED COMMUNITY NOW EXPECTS TO KNOW MORE OF A PART IN THE GOVERNANCE OF THE TERRITORY AND TO ABOUT WHAT THE GOVERNMENT IS DOING.

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"THE

ICAC IS NOT IMMUNE FROM THIS CHANGE. IT NEEDS

THAT CONVINCE THE

ITS

POWERS COMMUNITY

EXTENSIVE JUSTIFIED, AND THAT THEY ARE NOT OPEN TO ABUSE," SHE SAID.

TO

CONSTANTLY

ARE

STILL

PAST

THE

ICAC

IS

"T

PRAISING THE ICAC FOR RELENTLESSLY FIGHTING CORRUPTION IN TWO DECADES, MRS CHAN SAID: "AS IT ENTERS ITS THIRD OPERATIONS,

AN FACING

INCREASING WORKLOAD

CHALLENGES.

THE DECADE OF AND NEW

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"MORE THAN EVER, WE NEED A VIGILANT ICAC,

SHE POINTED OUT.

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