Alexis Tam
The Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture, Alexis Tam, clarified yesterday why he sacked Chao Son U from the Cultural Industries Fund’s administrative committee.
Alexis Tam said that his Secretariat initiated a probe on Chao Son U, who is suspected of being involved in granting a subsidy to a relative. Tam said that the Fund’s fiscal council received a complaint from workers of the fund’s committee about the case.
Alexis Tam said that both his cabinet and the fiscal council had limited capacity to investigate the case, and hence a report and related documents were handed to the Commission Against Corruption (CCAC). Meanwhile, Alexis Tam deemed the case “serious,” and decided to immediately terminate Chao Son U’s position.
The secretary also said in a statement released yesterday that he hopes that the sacking may help the fund’s credibility. “The immediate cessation of functions is intended to maintain the public’s trust in the fund. The future appointment of a civil servant to the post is a way to show trust in the civil servants’ team,” the statement read.
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