廉署三十周年特刊

J2458/2005዗Ⴙ༐ʨϓݚ็އQbsuofsjoh!gps!Qspcjuz጖ჸཏ˧Вޙຆ߆QbsuofsjohgpsQspcjuzຆ߆̳ཌˬ˩׹ѐJDBD41uiBoojwfstbszCONTENTSϫᐂҖ߆ܜءᚥᙜChiefExecutive’sMessageຆ߆૞ࣶᚥᙜCommissioner’sMessageௐ˘ౢల૏໐͡Chapter1EraofAbuseௐ˟ౢם˧ੵలChapter2UnityofStrengthௐˬౢᐖᐵ۞ࢭ׻Chapter3TheQuietRevolutionௐαౢຆ߆ВޙChapter4UnitedFrontௐ̣ౢྭાЪүChapter5TransnationalEffortௐ̱ౢિчֹ׻Chapter6UnwaveringMissionۤົഇ୕ExpectationsofCommunityLeaders።Їຆ߆૞ࣶCommissionersoftheICACຆ߆̳ཌְ̂ѐܑCalendarofEventsᆀᔁAcknowledgements246142130384961656771Җ߆ܜءᚥᙜ2ChiefExecutive’sMessage3ຆ߆̳ཌٺ˘˝˛αѐдξϔૻধ۞෦Ր̚㍟݌јҖĄॡҌ̫͟Ăࢶപ่̙јΑгޙϲĶຆሒ̝ౌķ۞Ⴭ᜖Ăԧࣇͅల۞јᒻՀᛏ଀˞઼ᅫۤົ۞ᄮТĄаᜪˬ˩ѐֽ۞ͅల።඀Ăࢶപഅགྷ።჌჌߄ጼĄຆཌ౵௣ਕ̙࢑ξϔ۞ഇ୕Ăͽેڱă֨ల׶ିֈĶˬგᆅ˭ķ۞ඉரĂјΑଠטలѳ჋ଈĂտ׎͹ЯĂੵ˞ຆཌ׍ѣඥల࣍ຆ۞൑ͧՙ͕γĂξϔ۞Б˧͚޺ϺҌࠎࢦࢋĄలѳཋҖ଱צ࠰ॆĂຩᙋள૱ӧᙱĂ߇ຆཌ˘ฟؕܮؠ˭ĶஎˢۤડĂଯҖຆ߆ķ۞̍ү͞੫Ăᕇႍ጖ჸξϔ۞͚޺ĂుՎ௛ॲٺۤཏĄຆཌᔵߏ፾ϲྻүĂҭଂֽ඗̙؝፾Ąᖣ඾ຆཌˬ˩׹໐۞ݵ፟Ăࢦ໢ξϔ׶ຆཌкѐֽтңд࠹̢৖ᚪ۞࿅඀̚ޙϲ੓િ၁۞ူҡᙯܼĂ֭ͷण୕ϏֽĂߏԧࣇበᇤ఺ώࡔهপΏ۞ࢦࢋϫ۞Ąຆሒ۞јڍ଀ֽ̙ٽĄྤੈࡊԫ۞੼ి൴णĂБ஧થ෶˘វ̼۞̂ሗ߹Ăౌົឰ̙ڱ̶̄ѣΞࢷ̝፟Ąຆཌੵ˞̙ᕝΐૻࣶ̍۞૞ຽૈ੊Ă೩چࣶ̍۞̍үਕ˧ĂТॡϺଂЧ͞ࢬΐૻдેڱ̍ү͞ࢬ۞͚೯Ăּтዋॡјϲ࿪ཝྤफ़ᝥᙋ̈́ੑચአߤ௡ඈĂዮ׽ԧࣇ۞ͅలጨᕑĄੵ˞ᚑᆖેڱγĂຆཌϺ̙ᕝΐૻፆчିֈĂ֨ͤΒ߁ͽᝋᏖռඈలѳཋҖ۞ൄܜĄࢶപপડ߆ع׶ຆཌ۞ඥల࣍ຆՙ͕׶ٚᏚߏϖ㝱̙ត۞Ąдξϔ۞͚޺˭ĂຆཌБវࣶ̍૟ᚶᜈિчֹ׻Ă̙ᛵ̙ઐĂܲ޺ࢶപĶຆሒ̝ౌķ۞࡚᜖ĄࢶപপҾҖ߆ડຆ߆૞ࣶ4ຆ߆૞ࣶᚥᙜTheIndependentCommissionAgainstCorruptionwasestablishedin1974amidstvehementpub-licdemandforactionagainsttheseriousproblemofcorruption.Today,HongKongstandsoutasoneofthecleanestplacesonthegloballandscapeandisacclaimedworldwideforwhatithasachievedintacklingthecrime.Theroadtoprobitywaspavedwithchallenges,however.Ittakesmorethantheresolveanddedi-cationoftheICAC–throughathree-prongedstrategyoflawenforcement,preventionandeduca-tion–toaccomplishitsmissiontobringcorruptionundercontrol.Centraltooursuccessistheunfailingsupportfromthecommunity.Thesecretivenatureofcorruptionmakesinvestigationallthemoredifficult.Consequently,theICAChasfromtheoutsetadopteda“community”approachtoadvancingtheanti-corruptioncause,slowlybutsteadilypenetratingintothecommunitytofosteracultureofprobity.TheICACworksindependentlyinthewaragainstcorruption,butithasneverbeenalone.ThiscommemorativepublicationenablesustoreflectontheprocessthroughwhichtheCommissionandmembersofthepublichavenurturedarobustpartnershipoftrustandmutualsupport,aswellastolookintothefuture.Ourcleansocietytodayhasbeenbuiltwithenormouseffortsbyallinthecommunity.Weneedtoremainvigilanttoguardagainstnewcorruptionopportunitiesthatmaysurfaceinlightoftherapidadvanceininformationtechnologyandincreasedglobalisationoftheworldeconomy.Tokeepabreastofchanges,theICACwillcontinuetoenhancetheinvestigativecapabilityofitsofficersthroughtraininganddevelopment,andstrengthensupportforlawenforcementthroughinitiativessuchastheestablishmentoftheComputerForensicsandtheFinancialInvestigationsec-tions.Strictlawenforcementaside,wewillbolstereffortsoncorruptionpreventionandcommu-nityeducationtoensurethatcorruptbehavioursuchasmalfeasancecanbeharnessedatanearlystage.ThedeterminationtoridHongKongofcorruptionisafirmcommitmentoftheHongKongSpecialAdministrativeRegionGovernmentandtheICAC.Withthesteadfastsupportofthecom-munity,theICACiscommittedasevertoourmissiontoupholdthereputationofHongKongasacleanmetropolitancity,withoutfearorfavour.RaymondHCWONGCommissionerIndependentCommissionAgainstCorruptionHongKongSpecialAdministrativeRegionCommissioner’sMessage5CHAPTER1ௐ˘ౢల૏໐ֹܳ͡ຆ߆̳ཌјϲలѳγᚱᛋءཀྵߦ۞ሕ੟፬൴ϔᇙĂ߆ع౵௣ՙؠјϲ૞యͅల۞ຆ߆̳ཌĄTheIndependentCommissionAgainstCorruptionwasbornamidstpublicoutrageunleashedbytheescapeofcorruptexpatriatepolicemanPeterGodber.EraofAbuseThrustingtheICACtothefore6ˤă̱˩ѐ΃Ăࢶപˠ˾፬ᆧĂགྷᑻฟؕΐి൴णĂҭϤٺטޘ׶ႾგϏਕዋ༊੨ЪĂలѳ߮ࢲႣ౅ۤົЧลᆸĄ༊ॡలѳะဥདྷࢅ̳ᒉ፟ၹĂᑅၴξϔ̈́Βԕܧڱ߿જĄᔵ൒ѣᛋฤͅలѳొ૞యአߤĂѣᙊ̝̀Ϻ˾ྗඊЂĂଓ̪Ϗਕ࿄ͤలࢲĂξϔ࿸צࣤ݇ĂϦ෦൑ଂĄ˘˝˛ˬѐ̱͡Ă̂ி၆߮ࢲ۞टԡ̏ᘓٺໂࢨâ݋఼቟లѳᓁᛋΦཀྵߦ۞̳οĂ௣͔ᘕ˞ˠࣇܜ˳జԺᑅ۞ީوĄ౥גมĂۤົ˯˭٨ᑝ̙඗Ă̂ጯϠ˯ූྼҖĂξϔ৾৾׶ᑕĄ੼৺ઘ޷၅ΦѺ֧റᒑ̀ᓜПצ׻Ăజപ༛౪நজᒑ̀؎Їјϲ፾ϲአߤ؎ࣶົĂአߤಡӘ̂ᓙޙᛉ߆عึᑕϔଐĂјϲ˘࣎૞యͅల۞፾ϲ፟ၹĂޙᛉ୊ӈᒔപ༛ତৼĄ˘˝˛αѐ˟͡˩̣͟Ă፾ϲٺ̳ચࣶߛၹ۞ຆ߆̳ཌϒёјϲĂפ΃ᛋચ఍ͅలѳొĂගξϔ૲ֽາ۞ഇ࠽ĂТॡШలءၬᜩಉᛗĄࠎШξϔܑ྿߆ع׶ຆཌ۞ੵలՙ͕Ăአߤˠࣶ቎੠஠χĂ௩ѐјΑ૟ཀྵߦଂࡻ઼͔ഭаപצᆶĂؠཋ̈́జҿЖĄຆཌϺдξϔ͕֝̚ిޙϲރܫ׶ᔥ̙҃଺۞ԛ෪Ą7Duringthe1950sand1960s,HongKongwitnessedamassiveincreaseinpopulation.Whilstfuellingrobusteconomicgrowth,itstretchedthesocialandregulatorysystemstothelimit.Asaresult,corruptionwasabletoextenditstentaclestoallcornersofthecommunity.Corruptionsyndicateswereparticularlyblatantinthepublicsector.Notonlydidtheypreyoncommoncitizenswhomtheyweremeanttoservebutalsoprovidedprotectionforillegalactivities.DespitetheexistenceofthethenPoliceAnti-CorruptionOfficeandpersistentpubliccondemnation,corruptionremainedwidespreadanddeep-rooted.Peoplewereresignedtoacceptingitasawayoflife.PublicresentmentreachedboilingpointinJune1973whennewsbrokethatPeterGodber,thenachiefsuperintendentofpolice,hadfledoverseaswhilebeinginvestigatedforcorruption.Thousandsofpeople,ledbyuniversitystudents,throngedthestreetstoexpresstheiroutrageanddemandaction.Theirfuryresonatedthroughoutthecommunity.Inresponse,thethenGovernor,SirMurrayMacLehose,promptlyappointedSeniorPuisneJudge,SirAlastairBlair-Kerr,toheadanindependentCommissionofInquiry.TheCommission’sReportproposedtheestablishmentofatrulyindependentorganisationtotacklecorruption-whichtheGovernordulyendorsed.On15February1974,theIndependentCommissionAgainstCorruption(ICAC)cameintobeing,supplantingthePoliceAn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