ICAC Commissioner meets the public face-to-face
2007-8-21
ICAC Commissioner Mr Timothy Tong Hin-ming today (Tuesday) met a group of merchants representing the gemstone trade to introduce ICAC's latest anti-corruption work.
This was the first meet-the-public session attended by Mr Tong since he took up the Commissioner's post.
Mr Tong noted that corruption reports concerning the private sector took up over 60 per cent of the total reports in 2006.
Mr Tong told the gemstone manufacturers that although the jewellery industry attracted only a few complaints each year, they should stay alert to possible corruption loopholes in the trade. For example, there had been complaints about staff accepting bri bes to compromise the company's interest in negotiating the gemstone prices, or offering rebates to secure business orders.
He also told the gemstone manufacturers that with greater integration between Mainland and Hong Kong, the ICAC would produce a corruption prevention guidebook for small and medium enterprises conducting business in the Mainland.
The ICAC Commissioner plans to meet citizens from different strata regularly through these meet-the-public sessions.
This was the first meet-the-public session attended by Mr Tong since he took up the Commissioner's post.
Mr Tong noted that corruption reports concerning the private sector took up over 60 per cent of the total reports in 2006.
Mr Tong told the gemstone manufacturers that although the jewellery industry attracted only a few complaints each year, they should stay alert to possible corruption loopholes in the trade. For example, there had been complaints about staff accepting bri bes to compromise the company's interest in negotiating the gemstone prices, or offering rebates to secure business orders.
He also told the gemstone manufacturers that with greater integration between Mainland and Hong Kong, the ICAC would produce a corruption prevention guidebook for small and medium enterprises conducting business in the Mainland.
The ICAC Commissioner plans to meet citizens from different strata regularly through these meet-the-public sessions.