CONFIDENTIAL
5. On the Urban Council itself, Cheong-Leen rather grudgingly admitted that the Government's proposals seemed to have gone down quite well.
6.
lle made much of an idea that there should be a "Commissioner for Narcotics" (I see that this is referred to in point 2 of the Civic Association's Annual Report for 1971/72 - of which Cheong-Leen gave us copies.) He maintained that there was a need for a special officer to co-ordinate the activities of all those individuals, organisations and committees concerned with the narcotics problem. We told him that this was a responsibility of the Secretary for Home Affairs – and I added that to my knowledge the SMIA was taking a personal interest in the matter. It was at this point that Mr hoyle asked Cheong-Leen whether he had raised any of these matters with the Governor. Cheong-Leen said he hadn't but that he hoped to be able to do so on his return to Hong Kong.
7. 11 he had to say about corruption was that the anti- corruption office should not be staffed by the police. Mr Royle reminded him that when the bribery legislation was passing through the Legislative Council in 1970 it was agreed that a roview of the role of the anti-corruption office should take place after the ordinance had been in operation for some time.
He was
8. Cheong-Leen did not make a good impression. clearly out to promote his own interests and the wind was taken out of his sails when Er Royle refused to allow him to give the press any details of the discussion.
2.
E O Laird
CONFIDENTIAL
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.