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CORRUPTION IN HONG KONG

4.

The Hong Kong Government is fully committed to the

eradication of corruption. The Independent Commission

Against Corruption which was set up in 1974 has had

considerable success in rooting out corruption and in

mobilising popular support for its work. The Commission

should be given every opportunity to fulfil its important

task.

DRUG ADDICTION IN HONG KONG

5. Hong Kong has a considerable problem in this field, but

it is one which the Hong Kong Government are fighting hard

and with some success. There is, for example, encouraging

evidence that the proportion of Hong Kong's young people

taking drugs has been decreasing, as a result of more

effective law enforcement as well as better preventive

education and publicity.

THE DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH IN HONG KONG

6. It is the policy of Her Majesty's Government, shared

by the Hong Kong Government, that there should be such

progress towards the equitable distribution of wealth in

Hong Kong, as is consistent with Hong Kong's special

circumstances.

LABOUR MATTERS

LABOUR CONDITIONS IN HONG KONG

7. There has been considerable progress in recent years

and the Hong Kong Government has set itself a target of

achieving a level of legislation roverning safety, health

and conditions of employment at least broadly equivalent to

the best in Asian countries neighbouring Hong Kong whose

stage of economic development and social and cultural

background

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