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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1988
REPORTS MAKE REFERENCES TO PUBLIC ORDER ORDINANCE
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE HON JEREMY MATHEWS, SAID IN THE ORDER LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) REFERENCES TO THE PUBLIC
NATIONS ORDINANCE HAVE BEEN MADE IN HONG KONG'S REPORTS TO THE UNITED HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE.
MR MATHEWS WAS ASKED BY DR THE HON LEONG CHE-HUNG WHY HONG KONG'S REPORT SUBMITTED TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE FAILED TO MENTION THE "FALSE NEWS" PROVISION IN THE PUBLIC ORDER (AMENDMENT} ORDINANCE WHICH WAS PASSED IN MARCH LAST YEAR.
"A GENERAL REFERENCE ΤΟ THE PUBLIC ORDER ORDINANCE AS IT AFFECTS THE PRESS WAS INCLUDED IN PARAGRAPH 154 OF HONG KONG'S SECOND PERIODIC REPORT SUBMITTED LAST YEAR,' HE SAID.
"IN ADDITION, A MORE SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO THE 'FALSE NEWS'
IN PROVISION IN SECTION 27 OF THE PUBLIC ORDER ORDINANCE WAS INCLUDED PARAGRAPH 15 OF A FURTHER REPORT WHICH SETS OUT THE UP-TO-DATE
THE POSITION IN RESPECT OF
ISSUES MENTIONED IN LAST YEAR'S MAIN REPORT.
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MR MATHEWS SAID PARAGRAPH 15 STATED THAT A REVIEW OF SECTION 27 WHICH DEALT WITH FALSE NEWS WAS SCHEDULED FOR THE END OF THIS YEAR.
HE EXPLAINED THAT UNDER ARTICLE 40 OF THE INTERNATIONAL WHEN COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, PARTIES TO THE COVENANT, REQUESTED BY THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE, WERE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT REPORTS ON THE MEASURES THEY HAD ADOPTED RIGHTS RECOGNISED IN THE COVENANT.
то EFFECT
THE
WHICH GAVE
UNITED THIS HAD NOW BEEN DONE BY THE HONG KONG AND THE OTHER DEPENDENT TERRITORIES.
KINGDOM IN
RESPECT
OF
HE SAID THE REPORTS ON HONG KONG WOULD BE CONSIDERED TOMORROW
BY THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE AS TAKING PLACE IN GENEVA.
PART OF ITS HEARINGS AT PRESENT
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