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7. AN RTHK REPORT (17.5) SAID THAT THE CONTROVERSIAL RELOCATION OF THE BRITISH MILITARY HOSPITAL WAS EXPECTED TO BE DISCUSSED BY THE JLG NEXT MONTH AS PLANS WERE AFOOT TO MOVE THE HOSPITAL TO SHEK KONG. HONG KONG STANDARD SAID THAT PEKING INTENDED TO RAISE THE QUESTION OF CIVIL SERVICE PENSIONS AT THE COMING MEETING.
HUMAN RIGHTS
8. A LEGAL CONSULTANT TO THE CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY, HUANG JIAHUA, DISCLOSED (20.5 REPORTS) THAT LEGAL EXPERTS IN THE FOREIGN MINISTRY WERE PRESENTLY CONSIDERING WHETHER CHINA SHOULD BECOME A SIGNATORY TO THE TWO INTERNATIONAL COVENANTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS. THE CONVENOR OF THE LEGCO AD HOC GROUP BELIEVED THAT IT WAS NECESSARY TO SET UP A HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION.
POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT
7. SENIOR LEGCO MEMBER ALLEN LEE AT A SEMINAR CALLED ON THE GOVERNMENT TO REVIEW THE SET-UP OF EXCO TO BRING IT IN LINE WITH THE NEW LEGCO AFTER THE 1991 DIRECT ELECTIONS. MR LEE BELIEVED THAT THE INCLUSION OF ELECTED MEMBERS IN EXCO WOULD ENHANCE THE OPERATION OF HKG. THE LONDON-BASED ELECTORAL REFORM SOCIETY, WHICH HAD CARRIED OUT A SURVEY ON HONG KONG'S ELECTORAL SYSTEM, SUGGESTED A NUMBER OF IMPROVEMENTS.
ROBIN MCLAREN
10. AN INTERVIEW WITH THE BRITISH AMBASSADOR TO CHINA (DESIGNATE), ROBIN MCLAREN, BY THE INDEPENDENT WAS PICKED UP BY SOME LOCAL PAPERS, WITH MOST QUOTING MR MCLAREN AS SAYING THAT THE JD WAS THE BEST POSSIBLE SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM OF HONG KONG'S FUTURE.
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