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FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1989
COPIES OF INTERNATIONAL COVENANTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS BEING DISTRIBUTED
INTERNATIONAL
ON
THE
THE GOVERNMENT IS DISTRIBUTING COPIES OF THE TWO
AS INFORMATION LEAFLETS COVENANTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS. AS WELL SUBJECT. TO SCHOOLS AND PUBLIC LIBRARIES.
COPIES WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION,
THE DISTRICT OFFICES OF
THAT THE NEED TO A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (FRIDAY)
WAS HIGHLIGHTED AT THE PROMOTE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE COVENANTS
MEETING HELD IN GENEVA LAST UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE NOVEMBER, WHEN THE COMMITTEE CONSIDERED THE UNITED KINGDOM'S REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN ITS DEPENDENT TERRITORIES.
AS
QUESTION IN MARCH THIS THE
то GOVERNMENT PLANNED AS WELL
INFORMATION
IN REPLYING TO A LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL YEAR.
SAID THAT SECRETARY THE CHIEF DISTRIBUTE COPIES
COVENANTS OF THE LEAFLETS, ESPECIALLY TO SCHOOLS AND PUBLIC LIBRARIES.
HE ALSO SAID
THAT
TWO
FURTHER EFFORTS TO
AROUSE THE PUBLIC'S OF THE TWO COVENANTS AWARENESS OF THEIR CIVIL RIGHTS AND AWARENESS WOULD BE MADE IN COLLABORATION WITH THE CIVIC EDUCATION COMMITTEE THE LAW SOCIETY'S COMMITTEE ON PROMOTING LEGAL AWARENESS.
AND
"THE
UK
RATIFIED
AND ON CIVIL INTERNATIONAL COVENANT INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL 1976." THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
GOVERNMENT
THE
TWO
THE (I.E. COVENANTS
AND THE POLITICAL RIGHTS
AND CULTURAL RIGHTS) IN
"THEY WERE INCLUDING HONG KONG,
то EXTENDED
BRITISH DEPENDENT
TERRITORIES,
OF COMMON
IN
"AT PRESENT, THE COVENANTS ARE IMPLEMENTED IN HONG KONG, AS
LAW.
LEGISLATION AND UK. THROUGH A COMBINATION ADMINISTRATIVE RULES.
THE
"AS HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED PREVIOUSLY, ACTIVE CONSIDERATION IS BEING GIVEN TO THE ENACTMENT OF A SEPARATE HUMAN RIGHTS ORDINANCE."
NOW
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