WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1989
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RECENT EVENTS
IN
MR ARCULLI SAID
HAD CHINA
BROUGHT ADDED
KONG, CONCERN OVER THE ISSUE OF NATIONALITY, AND THE PARENTS OF HONG
A DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THEIR CHILDREN, NEW NATIONALITY FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR CHILDREN.
WERE SEEKING
TODAY'S "IT IS PARTICULARLY RELEVANT IN THE CONTEXT OF
DEBATE NATIONS TO COMMEMORATE BECAUSE A WORKING GROUP SET UP BY THE UNITED
YEAR THE INTERNATIONAL
OF THE CHILD HAS BEAUTIFULLY AND SIMPLY DESCRIBED NATIONALITY TO A CHILD AS A 'RIGHT FROM BIRTH'
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"THE EVENTS ALSO SERVE AS A POWERFUL REMINDER TO US AS
THOSE PARTICULARLY RIGHTS OF A CHILD AND, IN THIS CONTEXT, WHO MIGHT OTHERWISE BE STATELESS," HE SAID.
ΤΟ THE CHILDREN
HE STRESSED
THE THAT
ISSUE
BRITISH SUBJECTS HAD
OF
FOR NATIONALITY
HONG KONG BEEN RIGHTLY STATED AS A DIRECT MORAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITY OF BRITAIN'S.
EVEN IF PART OF
THE THE
"HONG KONG IS NOT A BORROWED PLACE AND TERRITORY WAS LEASED THERE CAN BE NO DOUBT THAT PEOPLE BORN UNDER
AND THIS INCLUDES BRITISH JURISDICTION ARE BRITISH SUBJECTS PROPER,
AN OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF OUR YOUTH BELOW THE AGE OF 18 BY THE UNITED NATIONS DRAFT.
AS DEFINED
DO THEY
"CHILDREN ARE NOT BORROWED PEOPLE NOR FOR THAT MATTER
LEASE THE EXPIRE WITH
THUS THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO BRITISH CITIZENSHIP," HE SAID.
MR
F
ARCULLI
AND
THIS
WITH
SAID SOVEREIGN COUNTRIES MUST ACCEPT
IN ACCORDANCE OBLIGATION AND ENSURE THAT THEIR LEGISLATION WAS
CONVENTION AND MUST THE LETTER, AS WELL AS THE SPIRIT, OF THE DRAFT
THERE WAS NOT ENACT LAWS TO EXCLUDE THIS RIGHT, LET ALONE CLAIM THAT NO SUCH OBLIGATION.
VIOLENCE IN MASS MEDIA DAMAGING YOUNG MINDS
* *
NORMAL
MASS MEDIA WHICH PORTRAYED SEX AND VIOLENCE AS A RATHER WAY OF LIVING HAD PENETRATING AND DAMAGING EFFECTS ON THE MINDS OF THE IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY YOUNG, THE HON DAVID CHEUNG SAID (WEDNESDAY),
SPEAKING IN THE MOTION
DEBATE ON THE WELFARE OF CHILDREN, SERVICE AGENCY MR CHEUNG SAID A RECENT SURVEY BY A WELL-KNOWN SOCIAL
A
WATCHED HAD FOUND THAT QUITE
NUMBER OF HONG KONG'S YOUNGSTERS PORNOGRAPHIC VIDEO TAPES AND READ PORNOGRAPHIC COMIC BOOKS.
THE CONCEPT THAT GAMBLING WAS AN ESSENTIAL "FUN" PART WAS IRREMOVABLE FROM THE VALUE SYSTEM OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE.
"CAN WE IN THE ADULT WORLD SAY THAT SUCH A IS GOOD FOR OUR CHILDREN?" HE ASKED.
SOCIAL
OF LIFE
ENVIRONMENT
/HE NOTED
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