A 10-member delegation, led by Mr Zhang Xuejun, Chief Procurator of the Guangdong Provincial People's Procuratorate (GDPP), today (Tuesday) called on the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) as part of a five-day visit to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

Welcoming the delegation, Mr Alan Lai Nin, Commissioner of the ICAC, said the visit enabled both sides to exchange information on the latest developments of each other's anti-corruption work.

"Today's visit will definitely enhance liaison and co-operation between the two organisations on operational, prevention and community education fronts," Mr Lai said.

Mr Lai and heads of the Commission's three departments - Head of Operations Mr Tony Kwok Man-wai, Director of Corruption Prevention Mr Thomas Chan Chi-sun and Acting Director of Community Relations Ms Julie Mu Fee-man - briefed the delegation on the terri tory's anti-corruption work and the latest corruption scene.

"With the support of the public, the ICAC is able to put the problem of corruption under control," Mr Lai told the visiting delegation, adding that 90 per cent of the corruption reports came from the public direct.

In the early years of the ICAC, only one-third of those people who reported corruption identified themselves, whereas nowadays more than two-thirds of complainants did so, Mr Lai said.

According to the annual survey conducted by the ICAC this year, 99 per cent of respondents considered the Commission deserving their support, while 95 per cent said they had confidence in the Commission's work in the coming year, the ICAC Commissioner not ed.

At the meeting, Mr Zhang said today's visit to the ICAC allowed both parties to enhance understanding of each other's work.

Mr Zhang stressed that the two sides would continue to step up liaison and co-operation in the fight against cross-boundary corruption.

During the visit, the GDPP delegation also toured the ICAC's computer forensic and information technology research section.