An officer of the Lands Department (LD), a fish pond operator and his wife, charged by the ICAC for alleged bribery and fraud in relation to ex-gratia compensation for a land resumption exercise in the New Territories, appeared in Fanling Magistracy today (Tuesday).

The ICAC has arrested an Assistant Officer II of the Correctional Services Department (CSD) for allegedly bringing about 1,000 tablets of soft drugs into Stanley Prison for bribes.

A senior executive of a record company earlier arrested by the ICAC in a corruption inquiry was today (Tuesday) charged for allegedly soliciting and accepting bribe payments in relation to the contractual arrangement with an artiste.

As the ICAC approaches its 30th anniversary, public support for the ICAC has continued to grow while the community in general does not tolerate corruption, said ICAC Commissioner Raymond Wong Hung-chiu at a press briefing today (Saturday).

The former Head (Information Technology) of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and former Chief Information Officer of the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) was today (Friday) sentenced at Eastern Magistracy to four months' imprisonment for dec eiving housing allowances totalling over $1.1 million and evading salaries tax.

Three registered voters of the 2003 Village Representative (VR) Election were charged by the ICAC for allegedly committing voting offences in the VR election for Kwun Yam Shan and Kong Pui, Shatin.

A former staff of a foundation works company and two former employees of a piling subcontractor were today (Thursday) charged by the ICAC for allegedly manipulating piling test records of a property development project at Nam Cheong Station of the West Ra il to cover up suspected non-compliant works.

A former Land Inspector of the Lands Department (LD) and a developer, charged by the ICAC in separate cases, were today (Wednesday) sentenced at District Court for bribery in relation to village house development projects in Yuen Long.

ICAC Commissioner, Mr Raymond Wong Hung-chiu, today (Tuesday) met with the Commissioner of the Macau Commission Against Corruption (CCAC), Mr Cheong U, during his visit to Hong Kong.

Three former partners of an engineering company were today (Monday) convicted at District Court of offering bribes totalling over $800,000 to officers of the Hong Kong Housing Society (HS) over the use of fire-protection materials in HS' maintenance proje cts.