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year, this Council set up
White Bill, White Bill, under the
The Group, after meeting
Government on
Also, in November last an Ad Hoc Group to
to study the convenorship of Mrs. Selina Chow. with representatives from the occasions, forwarded its comments on the Bill to the Government in March this year. Besides formulating
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le own views, the Group also commented on some of the
suggestions contained in the public submissions.
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The Government has studied very carefully the le
comments made by members of the public and by the Ad Hoc Ic group, and has given serious consideration to what changes Je then
could be made to improve the White Bill. The Bill, now before Members, reflects the outcome of this consideration and incorporates a total of 22 changes to the White Bill.
The overall effect of these changes has been to
le broaden the jurisdiction of the Commissioner, by removing or refining some of the earlier exclusions from his jurisdiction. An example is the removal of the exclusion
in Schedule 2 that prevented the Commissioner from
investigating actions taken for the purposes of investigating crime or of protecting the security of Hong
Kong.
However, there are three main aspects of the White Bill in respect of which, after considering all the relevant factors, the Government has decided not to adopt the changes suggested by some commentators and supported
le by some Members of the Ad Hoc group.