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THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1994

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I'M SURE THAT THE ROLE WHICH WE HAVE ASKED THE ICAC TAKE ON FROM THE SPECIAL BRANCH IN RELATION TO EXTENDED CHECKING, IS A FUNCTION OF THE ICAC WHICH THE REVIEW COMMITTEE WILL WANT TO LOOK

CONSIDER WHETHER IT APPROPRIATELY SITS WITH THE ICAC OR NOT. ICAC WAS ASKED TO UNDERTAKE THIS WORK IN GOOD FAITH. THE ICAC PRESSING THE REST OF US TO UNDERTAKE THE WORK.

THE WASN'T

GENERAL LEGISLATIVE VIGOROUSLY, HOLDING

ENQUIRY

THE

LET ME SAY ONE OTHER THING WHICH IS RELEVANT

WHICH

HONOURABLE

DEVELOPING

ITS

MEMBER

ROLE,

REFERRED

IS

1

ΤΟ THE THIS TO.

VERY DEVELOPING ITS RESPONSIBILITIES IN

THAT THE

LEGISLATIVE

AS

IT

THIS AND

DUTY,

THAT

IS COUNCIL

SHOULD ALL WANT IT TO, AS WE

ACCOUNT.

HOPE TO THE EXECUTIVE

RESPONSIBILITY CARRIES OUT THIS

COUNCIL, RECOGNISES THAT ACTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES. AND I VERY MUCH HOPE

AND MAKING AS A RESULT OF THE INTEREST WHICH IS SHOWN IN IMPROVING

SAID WHICH MORE EFFECTIVE THE ICAC, NOTHING IS DONE AND NOTHING IS

THIS MAKES THE ICAC'S JOB MORE DIFFICULT, WHICH UNDERMINES THE ICAC.

SOME COMMUNITY NEEDS TODAY, AS MUCH AS IT HAS EVER NEEDED, PERHAPS IN

SET FIRST

UP, AN RESPECTS MORE THAN IT HAS NEEDED SINCE IT WAS

AND IF AT THIS JUNCTURE OF EFFECTIVE COMMISSION TO FIGHT CORRUPTION. OUR AFFAIRS, IF AT THIS JUNCTURE, FOR WHATEVER REASONS, WE THE ROLE OF THE ICAC, IF WE MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR IT TO CARRY OUT ITS TASK IN THE FRONT-LINE COMMUNITY WILL RUE THE DAY.

AGAINST

CORRUPTION,

UNDERMINE

THEN THE

WHOLE

RELATIONS BETWEEN MRS SELINA CHOW: GOVERNOR, GIVEN THE NOT SO GOOD

FOLLOWING THE THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AND THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT, BREAKDOWN OF NEGOTIATIONS ON CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND GIVEN THE IN ORDER TO IMPORTANCE

OF A QUALITY CIVIL SERVICE OF MAINTENANCE EFFECT A SMOOTH TRANSITION, AND BEARING IN MIND ALL THESE STORIES THAT ABOUT TO WE READ IN THE PAPERS ABOUT SENIOR CIVIL SERVANTS WHO ARE

MAINTAIN THE LEAVE THE SERVICE COME 1997, WHAT ARE YOU SIR DOING TO

THR

AND QUALITY QUALITY OF

CIVIL SERVICE FOR IT TO HAVE THE CONTINUITY BEYOND 1997?

THE

REGARD, THE SERVICE.

IS

INTEGRITY

GOVERNOR: I SHARE WITH THE HONOURABLE LADY THE IMPLIED REGARD IMPLIED IN HER QUESTION, FOR THE QUALITY OF THE CIVIL 1 THINK THE QUALITY OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE IN HONG KONG IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT REASONS FOR HONG KONG'S ASTONISHING ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL ΤΟ SUCCESS STORY. SO ANYBODY IN THEIR RIGHT MIND MUST BE CONCERNED ENSURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE A HIGH QUALITY CIVIL SERVICE WHICH WELL MOTIVATED, WHICH OPERATES ACCORDING TO THE TRADITIONAL

WHICH OF PUBLIC SERVICE WHICH IS UNCORRUPT, WHICH IS IMAGINATIVE AND

AFTER SERVES THE COMMUNITY. THERE IS A LIMITED AMOUNT THAT I CAN DO

MORE LIKELY TO IN THE NORTH IS 1997 AND WHAT IS SAID BY OFFICIALS

I THE HONOURABLE LADY REFERRED TO AFFECT ATTITUDES ABOUT POST-1997.

THE POLYTECHNIC. THINK A RECENT SURVEY CARRIED OUT BY ACADEMICS AT SOME PEOPLE HAVE SUGGESTED THAT THE CONCLUSIONS OF THAT SURVEY WEREN'T QUITE AS DAMAGING AS THE HEADLINES SUGGESTED, BUT THEY WERE, IT HAS TO BE SAID WORRYING, EVEN NOT AS WORRYING AS SOME HEADLINES WORRYING BECAUSF OF THE ANXIETIES WHICH WERE SITUATION IN 1997 AND BEYOND, WORRYING BECAUSE INTERFERENCE AFTER 1997.

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EXPRESSED

MADE OUT, ABOUT THE

OF CONCERNS ABOUT

/LET ME