TNAG-1610-FCO40-22132-Minutes-and-Hansards-of-the-Legislative-Council-of-Hong-Kong-1987 — Page 133

bu

81

occurred.

means

is It

important,

therefore,

that

suitable

alleging

should exist to investigate complaints maladministration by government authorities and to ensure that genuine grievances are effectively redressed.

161.

year,

the

independent

Following public consultation during the past

have Government

the case accepted

to authority

investigate

Detailed

for

an

proposals

are

complaints

now being

of

maladministration.

called the Commissioner

for

drawn up for setting it up. Briefly, it is proposed that

the authority should be Administrative Complaints; that he should be independent; and that he should have powers to investigate complaints

on the alleging maladministration

part of government departments and statutory powers to call for government documents. There will be some necessary exclusions from

Commissioner's jurisdiction,

the

fields

for

example

of international

in

the

and

and of defence

relations

obligations, as well as matters of a judicial nature.

le. lc.

162.

The details of the Commissioner's

appointment,

complainants

and

his jurisdiction, access

published as a white bill for public

to

his investigatory

will powers

ssioner's terms of

him by

be

/consultation