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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1989
A
DRAFT.
CONSIDERABLE
THE BASIC LAW, SIR DAVID POINTED OUT THAT THE SECOND
IN FEBRUARY, WAS PUA AND
GENERALLY SEEN AS IMPROVEMENT ON ITS PREDECESSOR.
CHINA
POINTS MADE IN HONG "CARF UL NOTE HAD CLEARLY BEEN TAKEN OF KONG DURING THE CONSULTATION PERIOD LAST YEAR. RECENT EVENTS IN HAVE REFOCUSSED PUBLIC ATTENTION ON SOME PARTS OF THE BASIC SAID.
THE GOVERNOR SAID ANOTHER AREA WHICH HAD BEEN MUCH DEBATE WAS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CENTRAL THE SAR GOVERNMENT.
LAW," HE
THE SUBJECT OF AUTHORITIES AND
THIS FINAL DRAFT OF A
OF HONG KONG WILL USE "I HOPE THAT THE PEOPLE PERIOD OF CONSULTATION TO PUT FORWARD THEIR VIEWS ON THE
YUMENT WHICH WILL BE OF GREAT IMPORTANCE TO THEIR FUTURE," HE SAID.
GOVERNMENT HAD MADE IT CLEAR THE GOVERNOR SAID THE CHINESE THAT THEY INTENDED TO PUBLISH THE BASIC LAW NEXT SPRING.
IMPACT ON HOW PEOPLE.
"ITS CONTENTS WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT BOTH LOCALLY AND OVERSEAS, VIEW THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG.
POINTS OF CONCERN IN HONG "A BASIC LAW THAT MEETS THE MAIN
FUTURE OF THE KONG CAN GO A LONG WAY TO RESTORING CONFIDENCE IN THE TERRITORY.
ΤΟ BE RECEPTIVE то "I THEREFORE URGE THE BASIC LAW DRAFTERS
IN HONG KONG DURING THE CURRENT THE VIEWS EXPRESSED ON THE DRAFT
THERE IS CONSULTATION PERIOD AND TO TAKE THEM CAREFULLY INTO ACCOUNT. A GREAT DEAL AT STAKE," SIR DAVID SAID.
WHITE BILL ON BILL OF RIGHTS
*
THE GOVERNMENT AIMS TO PUBLISH A
WHITE BILL ON A BILL OF RIGHTS FOR PUBLIC CONSULTATION BY THE END OF THIS YEAR AND TO INTRODUCE DRAFT LEGISLATION INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BY JULY 1990, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
HE POINTED OUT THAT IT WAS CLEAR THERE WAS NOW STRONG SUPPORT IN THE COMMUNITY FOR THE BASIC SOCIAL AND POLITICAL FREEDOMS WE ENJOYED TO BE ENTRENCHED THROUGH THE ENACTMENT OF A BILL OF RIGHTS.
"THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN CONSIDERING WHAT FORM SUCH A BILL MIGHT TAKE. WE PROPOSE THAT IT SHOULD GIVE EFFECT IN LOCAL LAW TO THE RELEVANT PROVISIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS.
**THIS MEANS THAT IF ANYONE BELIEVES THAT THEIR CIVIL POLITICAL RIGHTS, AS DEFINED IN THE COVENANT, HAVE BEEN VIOLATED WILL BE ABLE TO SEEK REDRESS IN THE COURTS. HE SAID.
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OR THEY
/THE GOVERNOR
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