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the New Territories will be taken away by Articles 1 and 23
of the BOR.
On the other hand, 17 pre-printed letters
signed by individuals object to the inequitable position of women in the N.T. and oppose any exemption from the BOR provisions to be given to existing traditional rights and
privileges. Five other submissions also ask for the
removal of the existing
The Hong Kong
Association of Business and Professional Women has written
Bar
inequity.
in great length on the interpretation of Article 23. The Association points out that Article 40 of the Basic Law cannot be ignored but a distinction should be made between abolishing
females.
a customary right altogether and extending it to
The Council of Women says likewise that the only
equitable solution is to extend the application of the New
Territories Ordinance to women.
Article 24 : Rights of minorities
37.
does not contain
One submission expresses the view that the BOR
any provision on language and it is not clear whether English speakers qualify as a minority under
the Article.
Reservations : Part III
38.
7 submissions call for the deletion of all or most
of the reservations in Part III. Two others feel that a
review should be conducted on the continued retention of
the reservations.
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