TNAG-0816-FCO40-1022-Police-corruption-Independent-Commission-Against-Corruption--1978 — Page 225

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TO ROUTINE F.C.O TELNO.97 OF 23 JANUARY 78.

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INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION (AMENDMENT) BILL.

CHIEF SECRETARY'S SPEECH ON SECOND READING.

1. I MOVE THE SECOND READING OF THE INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION (AMENDMENT) BILL 1978.

2. I AM SURE THAT IT IS UNNECESSARY TO REMIND MEMBERS OF THE EVENTS OF LATE OCTOBER AND EARLY NOVEMBER LAST YEAR, DURING THE COURSE OF WHICH WIDESPREAD AND DEEP-SEATED DISQUIET AMONG MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG POLICE FORCE BECAME EVIDENT.

3. MEMBERS WILL REMEMBER THAT THE GOVERNOR FELT IMPELLED, IN THE LIGHT OF THE EVENTS WHICH HAD TAKEN PLACE AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH HIS ASSESSMENT OF THE DANGERS INVOLVED, TO GIVE A DIRECTION ON THE SUBJECT OF FUTURE INVESTIGATIONS BY THE INDEPENDENT COMMISSION. AGAINST CORRUPTION.

4. UNDER THE PRESSURE OF EVENTS AT THE TIME, THE GOVERNOR WAS OBLIGED TO ACT ON THE BASIS OF HIS GENERAL AUTHORITY UNDER THE INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION ORDINANCE TO GIVE ORDERS AND DIRECTIONS TO THE COMMISSIONER AGAINST CORRUPTION.

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