Increased public support leads to record-high pursuable graft reports
2002-9-14
A record 75 per cent of all corruption reports received in the first seven months of this year were pursuable, reflecting growing public support in anti-graft work, said ICAC Commissioner, Mr Ambrose Lee Siu-kwong, today (Saturday) after launching a terri tory-wide community integrity programme.
Mr Lee noted that in recent years, a growing number of complainants were willing to identify themselves and provided more detailed information in their reports, leading to a surge in pursuable corruption complaints.
The percentage of pursuable corruption reports has risen from about 30 to 40 per cent in the 1970s to more than 70 per cent in recent years.
“Public support is the key to success in the fight against corruption,” said Mr Lee, noting that currently about 90 per cent of corruption cases originated from reports lodged by members of the public.
He called upon people to come forward and make non-anonymous reports to assist the Commission in cracking down on graft.
Mr Lee was joined by Tsuen Wan District Council Chairman, Mr Chau How-chen, and various Tsuen Wan community leaders today to officiate at the Community Integrity Programme Launching Ceremony (CIP) cum Tsuen Wan District Project .
The ICAC will join hands with 18 District Councils and over 150 district bodies to organise 200 activities to spread anti-corruption messages across the territory.
Activities including seminars, workshops, roving exhibitions, performances, fun days and various competitions to be organised in various districts will reach about 280,000 people between now and March next year.
Speaking at the launching ceremony, Mr Lee noted that community education had long been a crucial part of ICAC’s anti-corruption strategy while district organisations had played a key role in fostering a culture of probity in the territory.
“We must develop a sustained culture of probity in society so as to maintain a ‘'91clean’ Hong Kong,” Mr Lee said.
Under the CIP, the ICAC has produced activity sets such as exhibition boards, game sets, interactive computer games as well as Chinese opera and drama scripts with anti-corruption messages which will be on loan to district bodies for organising their acti vities.
Mr Chau How-chen also noted that only with the support of different quarters of the community and district bodies could a culture of integrity be built.
Other officiating guests included: Tsuen Wan District Officer, Mr William Yap Choi-chin; Tsuen Wan Police District Commander, Mr Austin Kerrigan; Tsuen Wan/Kwai Tsing District Social Welfare Officer, Mr Lu Tak-ming; Tsuen Wan District Council Vice-chairma n, Mr Chan Wai-ming; Tsuen Wan Social Services and Community Information Committee Chairman, Mr Sumly Chan Yuen-sum; and Community Integrity Programme Tsuen Wan District Project Organising Committee Chairman, Mr Leung Wing-yu.
Mr Lee noted that in recent years, a growing number of complainants were willing to identify themselves and provided more detailed information in their reports, leading to a surge in pursuable corruption complaints.
The percentage of pursuable corruption reports has risen from about 30 to 40 per cent in the 1970s to more than 70 per cent in recent years.
“Public support is the key to success in the fight against corruption,” said Mr Lee, noting that currently about 90 per cent of corruption cases originated from reports lodged by members of the public.
He called upon people to come forward and make non-anonymous reports to assist the Commission in cracking down on graft.
Mr Lee was joined by Tsuen Wan District Council Chairman, Mr Chau How-chen, and various Tsuen Wan community leaders today to officiate at the Community Integrity Programme Launching Ceremony (CIP) cum Tsuen Wan District Project .
The ICAC will join hands with 18 District Councils and over 150 district bodies to organise 200 activities to spread anti-corruption messages across the territory.
Activities including seminars, workshops, roving exhibitions, performances, fun days and various competitions to be organised in various districts will reach about 280,000 people between now and March next year.
Speaking at the launching ceremony, Mr Lee noted that community education had long been a crucial part of ICAC’s anti-corruption strategy while district organisations had played a key role in fostering a culture of probity in the territory.
“We must develop a sustained culture of probity in society so as to maintain a ‘'91clean’ Hong Kong,” Mr Lee said.
Under the CIP, the ICAC has produced activity sets such as exhibition boards, game sets, interactive computer games as well as Chinese opera and drama scripts with anti-corruption messages which will be on loan to district bodies for organising their acti vities.
Mr Chau How-chen also noted that only with the support of different quarters of the community and district bodies could a culture of integrity be built.
Other officiating guests included: Tsuen Wan District Officer, Mr William Yap Choi-chin; Tsuen Wan Police District Commander, Mr Austin Kerrigan; Tsuen Wan/Kwai Tsing District Social Welfare Officer, Mr Lu Tak-ming; Tsuen Wan District Council Vice-chairma n, Mr Chan Wai-ming; Tsuen Wan Social Services and Community Information Committee Chairman, Mr Sumly Chan Yuen-sum; and Community Integrity Programme Tsuen Wan District Project Organising Committee Chairman, Mr Leung Wing-yu.