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THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1994

THERE ARE IT'S ALSO THE CASE, THE COUNCIL MUST KNOW IT, THAT

DOING PEOPLE IN THE ICAC, THERE ARE INDIVIDUAL MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE

WORK,

WHICH WHO ARE DOING WORK INCREDIBLY SENSITIVE

BRINGS THEM PERSONAL DANGER. HOW DOES THE HONOURABLE MEMBER THINK THEY FEEL ABOUT IN WHICH THEY'RE THAT THE POSSIBILITY

AT ANY MOMENT AN OPERATION INVOLVED CAN BE HALF-SPLASHED OVER THE PAPERS OR LEAKED TO THE PAPERS. I'M NOT SAYING TO THE HONOURABLE MEMBER, I'M CERTAINLY NOT SAYING THAT IN A WAY WHICH IS WE DON'T NEED TO ENSURE THAT THE ICAC WORKS APPROPRIATE

THE CONDITIONS IN HONG KONG TODAY, THAT

BE

FOR

IS TOTALLY RIGHT. I ALSO TOTALLY ACCEPT THAT ISSUE LIKE SURVEILLANCE WHICH I'VE TALKED ABOUT TODAY,

THAT ISSUES LIKE THE DRIVE AGAINST CORRUPTION,

SHOULD

ISSUES FOR WHICH THE EXECUTIVE

ACCOUNTABLE TO THIS IS

ABOUT AND

ASK QUESTIONS COUNCIL

COUNCILLORS ARE ENTIRELY RIGHT TO THEM. BUT THERE ARE WAYS IN WHICH ONE CAN PROCEED WHICH ACTUALLY MAKE

VERY DIFFICULT

ASPECTS OF THE IT

SORT OF SUPPORT WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY COMMUNITY.

FOR

WITH

THE

ADMINISTRATION

THEY

NEED

ΤΟ

OPERATE FROM THE

NOT IN

THE

ITS'

LET'S MAKE THOSE VERY OBVIOUS POINTS TO THE COUNCIL, ORDER TO TRY TO INHIBIT THE COUNCIL, BUT JUST TO TRY TO ENCOURAGE COUNCIL

LOOK ΤΟ

AT THE WAY IN WHICH RESPONSIBILITIES,

IT

ACTUALLY

DISCHARGES

MR PRESIDENT, ACTUALLY I MR CHEUNG MAN-KWONG (THROUGH INTERPRETER):

DAY. DON'T KNOW WHETHER MR GOVERNOR IS AWARE OF WHAT HAPPENED ON THAT

ALREADY 6.30 IN THE AFTER MR TSUI HAS GIVEN HIS SPEECH THAT WAS

TO AFTERNOON AND WE HAD TO GIVE HIM AN EXTRA FIFTEEN MINUTES FOR HIM

NOT FINISH HIS SPEECH AND ON THAT PARTICULAR DAY LEGCO MEMBERS DID HAVE A CHANCE TO PUT QUESTIONS TO HIM. AND HOW WOULD YOU KNOW THAT IF LEGCO MEMBERS LEGCO MEMBERS HAD THE TIME TO ASK QUESTIONS TO MR TSUI,

THAT LECCO WOULD HAVE QUERIED THE POWER OF ICAC AND HOW DO YOU KNOW

SUCH AN AND HOW DO YOU AT WOULD MEMBERS

NOT HAVE QUERIED MR TSUI?

INTO THE EARLY STAGE KNOW THAT WE WOULD NOT HAVE ENDEAVOURED TO DIG

NOT, AFTER DO YOU KNOW THAT WE WOULD HOW TRUTH

AN ENQUIRY, AND ACTUALLY ENHANCE THE OPERATION OF ICAC?

THAT

OF

THE ONLY THERE ARE THAT WHEN WAY

GOVERNOR: WELL IF THE HONOURABLE MEMBER AND I SHARE THE OBJECTIVE TRYING TO ENHANCE THE CAPACITY OF THE ICAC, THEN THAT IS A USEFUL NOTE I'M NOT SEEKING OF CO-OPERATION ON WHICH TO CONCLUDE THIS AFTERNOON. TO PRE-JUDGE THE WAY THE COUNCIL WORKS IN ITS ENQUIRIES. POINT THAT I AM MAKING IS THE POINT I MADE EARLIER, CONSEQUENCES OF THE ACTIONS THAT ONE TAKES AND THAT MEANS ONE IS IN A SENSITIVE AREA, ONE HAS TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT THE

HONOURABLE ONE PROCEEDS AND I WAS DELIGHTED BY THE ASSURANCE FROM THE MEMBER THAT HE RECOGNISES THAT AND I HOPE HE WILL TAKE IT FROM ME THAT OF THIS 1 WASN'T SEEKING

UNDERTAKING TO CRITICISE THE LEGITIMATE COUNCIL'S ROLE BY INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS. NO INTENTION OF THAT ON MY PART

BUT WHATSOEVER.

REPEAT, I

THE WAY THE COUNCIL OPERATES

HAS

CONSEQUENCES.

THE PRESIDENT: IN ACCORDANCE WITH STANDING ORDERS I NOW ADJOURN SITTING UNTIL WEDNESDAY 27 APRIL, 1994.

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