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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1994
MEANWHILE,
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
PLANS AUTHORITY,
FOR
THE POST OFFICE, OFFICE OF
WATER MARINE DEPARTMENT AND DEPARTMENT ARE ALL AT EARLY STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT.
THE SUPPLIES
"IT IS TOO EARLY TO SAY WHETHER THESE DEPARTMENTS WILL TRADING FUNDS, OR THE AMOUNT OF CAPITAL INJECTION THAT MAY HE SAID.
OPERATE REQUIRE,
SUITABILITY IS KEY FACTOR IN GOVERNMENT APPOINTMENTS
PERSONS ΤΟ
THE GOVERNMENT'S MAIN CONSIDERATION IN APPOINTING THE VARIOUS TIERS OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT AND ADVISORY BODIES THEIR SUITABILITY WITH REGARD TO THE WORK OF THE BODIES CONCERNED,
THE TOLD SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR MICHAEL SUEN, COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY),
IS
THE
LEGISLATIVE
IN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON PEGGY LAM,
CALI BRE EXPERTISE, SUCH AS
AND OTHER FACTORS, APPOINTEES, WOULD ALSO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.
MR SUEN SAID
OF INTEGRITY
THE
AS
REGARDS
THOSE APPOINTEES
CHECKS WILL
CORRUPTION AGAINST
WHO MADE BE AND POLICE
HAVE REGULAR ACCESS
AGAINST THE INDEPENDENT RECORDS IN RESPECT OF
то
CLASSIFIED MATERIAL,
COMMISSION CONVICTIONS, INCLUDING THOSE RELATING TO TRIADS.
"AS WE
DO
NOT
VET THE
INTEGRITY
AND
MORAL
CHARACTER
OF
NOT
APPOINTEES, THE NEED FOR ACTIVE MONITORING IN THESE ASPECTS DOES ARISE," HE ADDED.
FOLLOW-UP ALLEGATIONS
HOWEVER, MR SUEN SAID INVESTIGATION AND APPROPRIATE ACTION WOULD BE TAKEN IF THERE WERE SERIOUS COMPLAINTS OR CONCERNING THE MORAL CHARACTER AND INTEGRITY OF SUCH APPOINTEES,
VERY
ALLOWED то AS ΤΟ THE QUESTION OF WHETHER APPOINTEES WILL BE
TRIADS AFTER REMAIN IN OFFICE IF THEY WERE FOUND TO HAVE LINKS WITH THEIR APPOINTMENT, MR SUEN SAID THE SOCIETIES ORDINANCE HAD MADE CLEAR PROVISIONS FOR INDICTMENT OF OFFENCES IN CONNECTION WITH ACTIVITIES.
TRIAD
WAS
SINCE "ASSOCIATION WITH TRIADS" WAS NOT ONE OF THEM AND IT
CONVICTION NOT IN ITSELF AN OFFENCE, HE SAID THERE WAS NO QUESTION OF OR REMOVAL FROM OFFICE AS A RESULT OF "ASSOCIATION WITH TRIADS"
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