1970年代末的香港腐败横行，如果你家着火了，必须贿赂消防队才能让他们泵水救火！ 这带来了独立的反腐机构廉政公署，专门从事对公私腐败的调查和起诉。
In Hong Kong, corruption was so pervasive as late as the 1970’s – if your house was on fire, the fire department demanded payment before pumping water! – that an independent anti-corruption commission was appointed specifically to investigate and prosecute both public and private corruption.