THE BILL OF RIGHTS
The Hong Kong Bill of Rights Ordinance and an accompanying amendment to the Letters Patent entered into force on 8 June 1991, ushering in an important new stage of development in the Hong Kong legal system. The Bill of Rights Bulletin is intended to provide members of the legal profession with information about recent developments under the Bill of Rights and to refer them to relevant secondary materials.
THE EDITORS
Andrew Byrnes and Johannes Chan are members of the Department of Law of the University of Hong Kong. Both teach and write in the area of human rights law. Johannes Chan has written two books (in Chinese) on human rights in Hong Kong and published on international human rights topics as well as on the Hong Kong Bill of Rights. Andrew Byrnes has published articles on international human rights law and on human rights in Hong Kong and recently served as a consultant to the Attorney General's Chambers of the Hong Kong Government during the drafting of the Bill of Rights. Steve Bailey is Senior Assistant Crown Prosecutor (Ag.) with the Attorney General's Chambers, Hong Kong. He has acted as the Government's principal advocate in criminal law cases in which Bill of Rights issues have been raised.
Editorial comments are the sole responsibility of the editors (Andrew Byrnes and Johannes Chan) and should not be taken to represent the views of the University, the Faculty of Law or any other person.
PUBLIC LAW RESEARCH GROUP OF THE FACULTY OF LAW UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
The production of the Bulletin is part of the program of the Public Law Research Group of the Faculty of Law at the University of Hong Kong and is supported by the Department of Law. If you would like to receive further issues of the Bulletin, please fill in the form on the back page of this issue and return it to the Editors. We are charging a rate of $100 for the remaining 2 issues of this volume to cover the costs of production and distribution.
INFORMATION ON DEVELOPMENTS
We would particularly appreciate information about pending cases in which Bill of Rights issues are being argued and for references to or copies of rulings and judgments in which Bill of Rights issues are decided. We also welcome comments and suggestions on the format and content of the Bulletin. We would like to thank Phil Dykes, Phil Ross, Gerry McCoy, Bernard Downey and Mike Blanchflower (as well as others) for providing us with information included in this issue of the Bulletin. With a couple of exceptions, this issue is based on (the necessarily incomplete) information available to the Editors as of 29 November 1991. We apologise for any errors or omissions.
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