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Date:

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Reporter:

PMS

that the cases prosecuted are given public coverage?

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in the public.

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Mr Poon, we every now and then gave talk

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MR POON:

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We try to publicise the result of the prosecution

case. I think that would help to publicise the need to report the truthful profit. Whether or not that is sufficient, I think that is quite subjective.

will pick that up and give you some publicity on this!

13 Audit's Report is the utilisation of your resources.

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I hope our friends of the press today

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I think the thrust of the Director of

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Yes.

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be a special investigation unit in your section in your particular unit, and from what you say that if you start with the idea of prosecuting everybody then people will close up and you will not get information. At the end of the day it may

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The various areas, whether there should

a special prosecution

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the information, getting all the evidence, and then start seeing whether there is a case for prosecution. So are you satisfied that

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even though you do not have a special concentrated prosecution section, 26 your Investigation Unit's resources are sufficient to detect potential

tax evasion cases and take the proper action?

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CIR:

I think for next year we have asked for

an addition of a total of 11. With the additional staff probably

can divert more attention in this particular aspect of investigation work, but the mere fact that we can have more resources and have more 33 people working in this area, there is no absolute guarantee that we

will end up with more prosecution. Much will depend on the case, merit of the case, whether that case would merit for prosecution. 36 And I think, you know, this is the direction which I think I would

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