Community bodies can now apply for funds to organise activities to promote a clean culture among the new arrivals and obtain technical support from the ICAC under the Community Involvement Programme (CIP).

In response to press enquiries, an ICAC spokesman today (Saturday) confirmed that 10 persons, including the chairman, the financial controller and an executive director of a publicly listed company in Hong Kong, have been arrested for suspected corruption in relation to the listing of the company on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (SEHK).

An officer of the Television and Entertainment Licensing Authority (TELA) was today (Friday) sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment at District Court for misconduct in public office in awarding TELA's printing and production contracts worth about $230,000 i n total.

A former senior executive of the cemeteries section under the Home Affairs Bureau (HAB) has been charged by the ICAC for allegedly obtaining a permanent burial lot at the Tseung Kwan O Chinese Permanent Cemetery by deception for the burial of his late fat her.

The former chairman of an owners' incorporation (OI) of a residential estate and a director of an engineering consultant firm, charged by the ICAC, were each sentenced to two years' imprisonment at District Court today (Thursday) for bribery in relation t o the tendering of contracts.

A goods vehicle driver was today (Tuesday) sentenced at Tuen Mun Magistracy for offering $500 to a police officer for not taking enforcement action against him for rushing a red traffic light.

The Hong Kong Government has recovered assets worth about HK$4 million from former police sergeant Cheung Wing-shu following civil proceedings instituted by the Department of Justice on behalf of the ICAC.

A Superintendent of Police, arrested by the ICAC during a corruption inquiry, appeared in Eastern Magistracy this (Tuesday) morning for allegedly deceiving loans totalling $2.25 million from a finance company, a bank and two licensed money lenders.

A former security guard today (Monday) admitted at Western Magistracy that he had accepted $300 from a reporter for allowing him to enter a location-shooting site of a film company and take photos without the company's permission.

In response to press enquiries, an ICAC spokesman confirmed that 20 persons were arrested yesterday and today (Sunday and Monday) for suspected corruption in relation to the granting of banking facilities and conspiracy to defraud.