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10.
At the end of 1987 and
and beginning of 1988, partly in relation to issues being discussed in the drafting of the Basic Law and partly in response to calls for Human Rights legislation in Hong Kong, the Attorney General convened a series of meetings with members of the legal profession drawn from both the public and private sectors and from academic institutions. The aim of the meetings was to provide a forum for members to discuss the subject of human rights and the form human rights legislation might take were it decided to enact such legislation.
11.
Subsequent to these meetings, members of the Attorney General's Chambers have been studying how Article 39 of the draft Basic Law, if eventually promulgated as part of the Basic Law could be best implemented in Hong Kong. One option is tol retain and improve the present system based on a combination of legislative measures, common law and administrative rules. Another option which is now being given careful consideration would be the
the enactment of a Human Rights Ordinance. The examination of this and other possibilities, together with the
complex issues involved,
has only just begun.
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