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WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1994

GOVT ATTACHES GREAT IMPORTANCE TO LEGCO MOTIONS

BY

THE GOVERNMENT ATTACHES GREAT IMPORTANCE TO MOTIONS CARRIED THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND TAKES THEM INTO ACCOUNT IN THE FORMULATION OR DEVELOPMENT OF ITS POLICIES.

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THIS WAS STATED BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY, THE HON MRS ANSON CHAN, LEGISLATIVE IN REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON JAMES TIEN IN COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

"BEFORE DECIDING WHETHER OR NOT TO TAKE ACTION ACCORDING TO MOTION CARRIED BY THIS COUNCIL, THE GOVERNMENT WILL CAREFULLY CONSIDER OF OTHER THE PROPOSALS CONTAINED IN THE MOTION CARRIED IN THE LIGHT POLICY AND RESOURCE CONSIDERATIONS.

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"WHERE IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO TAKE THE ACTION SUGGESTED IN

AND WHY IT MOTION, THE GOVERNMENT WILL STATE THE REASONS FOR THIS

MRS CHAN SAID. CONSIDERS THAT AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH IS PREFERABLE,

"

SHE ADDED THAT CONSTITUTIONALLY A MOTION CARRIED BY THE COUNCIL DID NOT CREATE OR IMPOSE ANY LEGAL OBLIGATION ON THE GOVERNMENT.

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PARTICULAR, IT DOES NOT OBLIGE THE GOVERNMENT TO LEGISLATION OR TO TAKE ANY SPECIFIC ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION.

INTRODUCE

SCS EXPLAINS INTEGRITY CHECKING FOR CIVIL SERVANTS

ΤΟ OF HIGH SZE, SAID

SERVANTS WAS THE PURPOSE OF INTEGRITY CHECKING FOR CIVIL

STAFFED BY PERSONS SERVICE WAS ENSURE

THE CIVIL THAT INTEGRITY, THE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE, MR MICHAEL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

"INDEED THE COMMUNITY AND THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WOULD

DEMAND

NO LESS.

IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON MRS SELINA CHOW, MR SZE CIVIL SERVANTS HAD BEEN AND WOULD CONTINUE TO BE SUBJECT TO KIND OF CHECKING.

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SAID SOME

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"THE LEVEL OF CHECKING APPLICABLE IN A CASE WILL DEPEND ON NATURE OF THE POST, HE SAID, ADDING THAT CHECKING WAS AND HAD TO BE

OF THE CONDUCTED

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FULL CO-OPERATION

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AND CONSENT

CIVIL

SERVANTS.

"SUBJECT TO THE DELIBERATIONS OF THE ICAC REVIEW COMMITTEE, HOPE TO BE ABLE TO ASK THE ICAC TO CO-ORDINATE SOME RECORD CHECKS

LEVEL HIGHEST TO CONDUCT INTERVIEWS FOR THE

EXTENDED CHECKING, WHICH WILL BE APPLIED TO TOP

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AND

OF

CHECKING, THAT CIVIL SERVANTS, MR

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SZE SAID.

/HE STRESSED