Public attends ICAC Open Day to learn first-hand 40 years of anti-corruption work
2014-2-15
The ICAC is opening up some of its facilities on two consecutive weekends starting from today (February 15) for the public to learn first-hand Hong Kong’s anti-corruption history and the latest initiatives of the Commission.
Visitors will be given a guided tour to various ICAC facilities, including the Exhibition Hall where three logbooks detailing bribe payments received by corrupt Police Chief Superintendent Peter Godber in the 1970s are displayed. Other special exhibits i nclude a restraint order served on a Police Detective Sergeant in 1976 to freeze properties he held in Hong Kong, as well as the transcript of a speech by then Governor Lord MacLehose in granting the Partial Amnesty in 1977.
In addition, visitors will tour mock Video Interview Rooms, the Identification Parade Suite, and firearms used by ICAC officers.
About 5,300 tickets were earlier allotted to the public. Participants must attend the guided tours according to the time slots specified on their tickets.
Visitors will be given a guided tour to various ICAC facilities, including the Exhibition Hall where three logbooks detailing bribe payments received by corrupt Police Chief Superintendent Peter Godber in the 1970s are displayed. Other special exhibits i nclude a restraint order served on a Police Detective Sergeant in 1976 to freeze properties he held in Hong Kong, as well as the transcript of a speech by then Governor Lord MacLehose in granting the Partial Amnesty in 1977.
In addition, visitors will tour mock Video Interview Rooms, the Identification Parade Suite, and firearms used by ICAC officers.
About 5,300 tickets were earlier allotted to the public. Participants must attend the guided tours according to the time slots specified on their tickets.