oon ▁Hope ▁reached ▁Hong ▁Kong ▁but ▁has ▁weak ened ▁consider ably ▁from ▁the ▁ 1 5 0   m ph ▁wind ▁earlier . ▁ ▁Law ▁and ▁order ▁ ▁Anti - cor ruption ▁campaign s ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s , ▁cor ruption ▁was ▁a ▁way ▁of ▁life ▁in ▁Hong ▁Kong , ▁being ▁the ▁norm ▁in ▁all ▁government ▁depart ments . ▁Pol ic emen ▁would ▁often ▁extract ▁b rib es ▁( pop ular ly ▁called ▁" te a ▁fee ") ▁before ▁they ▁investig ated ▁a ▁crime , ▁as ▁did ▁fire men ▁before ▁they ▁res cu ed ▁people ▁and ▁put ▁out ▁fires . ▁Many ▁Chinese ▁detect ive ▁super int end ents ▁am ass ed ▁incred ible ▁wealth ▁from ▁their ▁cor rupt ▁deal ings ▁with ▁tri ads ▁and ▁corpor ations . ▁Their ▁names ▁have ▁been ▁se ared ▁into ▁the ▁mem ories ▁of ▁the ▁older ▁gener ations , ▁their ▁stories ▁adapted ▁into ▁several ▁popular ▁mov ies ▁such ▁as ▁To ▁be ▁Number ▁One ▁( <0xE8> <0xB7> <0x9B> <0xE8> <0xB1> <0xAA> ) ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 1 . ▁That ▁is ▁not ▁to ▁say ▁British ▁officers ▁were ▁entirely ▁clean ▁in ▁their ▁deal ings . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 4 , ▁Hong ▁Kong ▁Governor ▁Murray ▁Mac Le h ose , ▁real ising ▁the ▁serious ness ▁of ▁the ▁problem , ▁founded ▁the ▁Independent ▁Commission ▁Again st ▁Cor ruption ▁( IC AC ). ▁The ▁investig ations ▁and ▁arr ests ▁of ▁many ▁police ▁officers ▁created ▁a ▁fur ore ▁among ▁the ▁police , ▁who ▁protest ed ▁against ▁the ▁IC