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YRTELNO 63: UN CONVENTION ON TORTURE
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1. THANK YOU FOR THE HELPFUL INFORMATION IN TUR.
2. WE ARE HOWEVER UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE SUGGESTION IN PARA 2 OF TUR OF EXTENDING THE CONVENTION TO HONG KONG A FEW DAYS BEFORE LEGCO'S ANTICIPATED ENACTMENT OF THE TORTURE BILL. WE THINK IT WOULD BE RISKY, IN BOTH A PRACTICAL AND POLITICAL SENSE, TO TAKE FOR GRANTED THAT LEGCO WOULD ENACT THE BILL ON ANY PARTICULAR DAY.
3. INSTEAD, WE PREFER TO STICK TO THE PROCEDURE PROPOSED IN PARA 5 OF OUR TELNO 4505 OF 1988, I.E. DELAYING GOVERNOR'S ASSENT OF THE BILL BY TWO DAYS TO MATCH THE TIMING OF THE EXTENSION OF THE CONVENTION TO HONG KONG AND THE GAZETTAL OF THE BILL. GRATEFUL FOR YOUR VIEWS ON THIS.
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4. THE TORTURE BILL WAS REGRETTABLY NOT READY IN TIME AND THEREFORE COULD NOT BE INTRODUCED INTO LEGCO ON 25 JULY AT THE SAME TIME AS THE BILL OF RIGHTS. WE NOW HOPE TO INTRODUCE THE TORTURE BILL BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR AND HAVE IT ENACTED EARLY NEXT YEAR.
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