Community Relations

The Community Relations Department educates the public against the
evils of corruption and enlists community support to fight the problem.
Community education is conducted via the media and its network of eight
regional offices.

In 1997, the department continued to produce radio and TV commercials
to educate the public and enlist their support. In June, a panel briefing on
the ICAC's work was conducted for the overseas media, followed by
visits to the ICAC. The events attracted 170 local and overseas
journalists.

To maintain a clean civil service, the department conducted 800 regular
corruption prevention training sessions for staff of 42 government
departments and 40 public bodies in 1997.

The department launched a programme to promote business ethics in
1994. Since then, some 70 per cent of the 2 600 listed companies, large
private firms and trade/professional associations approached have
formulated a code of conduct. To extend the programme from
management to the working level, the department conducted 1 500 talks
for 600 business organisations in 1997. In addition, three new ethics
training videos were produced for front-line workers of different trades.

Young people have always been one of the priority targets in the
department's preventive education work. Apart from regularly conducting
anti-corruption talks for 85 000 secondary and tertiary school leavers, the
department also joined other organisations to promulgate work ethics
among young people at work.

To help educate new immigrants from the Mainland, a new video on
Hong Kong's anti-corruption work was produced. A pocket-size
telephone book with ICAC messages was distributed to every immigrant
at the Lo Wu immigration control point. In addition, educational
programmes including talks and visits to ICAC regional offices were
organised for them.

During the year, the department started publishing a newsletter for
members of the public. It contains information about the ICAC. It also
organised district events and meet-the-public sessions, and produced
radio programmes.

Co-operation with anti-corruption agencies in the Mainland continued.
During the year, talks were given to 3 000 Mainland officials visiting
Hong Kong. In November, the Commissioner led a delegation to visit the
procuratorates in Beijing and Guangzhou.

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