Seminar to fight corruption concludes
By Zalia Zaini

The seminar on "Good Governance: Building Organisation Integrity and Corruption Resistance Within Public Sector" drew to a close yesterday afternoon with a certificate presentation to participants from Anti-Corruption Bureau and eight other relevant government agencies.

The certificates were presented to all the participants by the guest of honour, Datin Hjh Intan, Director of Anti Corruption Bureau.

The three-day seminar was facilitated by Prof. Tony Kwok, former Deputy Commissioner of Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) of Hong Kong.

In an interview with the Bulletin, Prof Kwok shared his experience working with ICAC for 27 years to successfully combat the then very widespread and syndicated corruption in Hong Kong. He said that the Hong Kong experience demonstrated that it is possible to eradicate corruption, no matter how serious the problem, given the political will and a professional anti-corruption body.

He added that he had developed a strong passion in the fight against corruption and hoped to be able to devote part of his retired life to provide voluntary anti-corruption consultation, advice or training service to those organisations that may find his experience and knowledge useful.

He added that the successful factors in cleaning up the corrupt image of Hong Kong encompassed political will, support from all sectors, government financial support, professional-trained people as well as to change and educate the public's mindset. Hong Kong, he said, should be cited as an example for every country to solve the corruption issue.

Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin