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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1989
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MR CHEUNG SAID THAT BASED ON HIS PAST EXPERIENCE IN DEALING WITH THE GOVERNMENT AS A SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, HE COULD SAY WITHOUT HESITATION AND RESERVATION THAT IT HAD ALWAYS BEEN MOST DIFFICULT, NOT IMPOSSIBLE, TO GET THE GOVERNMENT TO IMPROVE ON THINGS BECAUSE GOVERNMENT WAS A HUGE BUREAUCRACY WITH IMPENETRABLE LAYERS.
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"THE GOVERNMENT MUST NOT PROCRASTINATE, ACT NOW. PERSONNEL MUST NOT START OR PROLONG THEIR INDUSTRIAL NOW," HE URGED.
PUBLICITY ON INTERNATIONAL COVENANTS
THE ADMINISTRATION IS CURRENTLY MAKING FURTHER EFFORTS то PROMOTE THE PUBLIC'S AWARENESS OF TWO INTERNATIONAL COVENANTS, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, THE HON SIR DAVID FORD, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THE TWO COVENANTS ARE THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS AND THE INTERNATIONAL, COVENANT ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS.
REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON SZETO WAH, SIR DAVID SAID THE ADMINISTRATION PLANNED TO DISTRIBUTE COPIES OF THE TWO COVENANTS AS WELL AS INFORMATION LEAFLETS, ESPECIALLY TO SCHOOLS AND PUBLIC LIBRARIES.
"WE ARE CONSULTING THE CIVIC EDUCATION COMMITTEE ON WHAT OTHER MEASURES WE MAY TAKE TO PROMOTE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF CIVIL, POLITICAL. ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS.
"A COMMITTEE ON PROMOTING LEGAL AWARENESS HAS ALSO BEEN FORMED BY THE LAW SOCIETY, TOGETHER WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE BAR ASSOCIATION AND OTHER LAWYERS.
"THIS COMMITTEE WILL BE DEVISING WAYS TO IMPROVE THE LEVEL OF LEGAL AWARENESS IN THE COMMUNITY," SIR DAVID SAID.
IN THE CONTEXT OF THIS WORK, THE ADMINISTRATION WOULD BE MAKING SUGGESTION TO THE COMMITTEF ON WAYS TO AROUSE THE PUBLIC'S AWARENESS OF THEIR CIVIL RIGHTS AND AWARENESS OF THE TWO COVENANTS.
SIR DAVID ALSO SAID THAT SINCF THE MEETING OF THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE IN NOVEMBER LAST YEAR, THE PART OF THE UNITED KINGDOM'S REPORTS TO THAT COMMITTEE RELATING TO HONG KONG HAD BEEN TABLED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND PLACED IN PUBLIC FOR THE INFORMATION OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
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"THESE DOCUMENTS REPORT ON THE MEASURES ADOPTED WHICH GIVE EFFECT TO THE RIGHTS RECOGNISED UNDER COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, HE ADDED.
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