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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1989
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'So THAT'S RATHER A POSITIVE MESSAGE WHICH I CAN GET OUT OF SOMETHING NEGATIVE THAT HAPPENED WHEN I WAS LAST IN THE STATES, HE SAID.
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THE GOVERNOR IS ACCOMPANIED ON HIS VISIT BY LADY WILSON.
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THEY WERE SEEN OFF AT THE AIRPORT BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY, DAVID FORD; ACTING SENIOR MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, MISS MARIA TAM, AND THE SENIOR MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. MR ALLEN LEE.
BILL OF RIGHTS WILL HAVE PRIMACY: AC
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THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, MR JEREMY MATHEWS, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY) THE BILL OF RIGHTS WILL BE SUPREME OVER ALL LAWS MADE BY THE HONG KONG LEGISLATURE.
"THIS MEANS THAT ANY LAW OR PRACTICE WHICH IS INCONSISTENT WITH IT WILL BE INEFFECTIVE.
"THE BILL OF RIGHTS WILL BE THE YARDSTICK BY WHICH ALL OTHER LAWS WILL BE MEASURED, HE SAID.
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MR MATHEWS WAS SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE ON THE BILL OF RIGHTS WHICH WILL BE INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BY JULY NEXT YEAR.
ALSO SPEAKING AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE, THE SECRETARY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS, MR MICHAEL SUEN, SAID A NUMBER OF IMPORTANT ISSUES HAD TO BE CONSIDERED BEFORE A WHITE BILL WAS ISSUED FOR PUBLIC CONSULTATION.
"THESE INCLUDE THE FORM OF ENTRENCHMENT, THE DURATION OF THE P FREEZE PERIOD FOR PRE-EXISTING LEGISLATION AND THE FORMS OF REDRESS AVAILABLE TO PLAINTIFFS," MR SVEN SAID.
ELABORATING ON SOME OF THE MAIN FEATURES OF THE BILL, MR MATHEWS SAID ONE OF THE MATTERS THAT HAD TO BE CONSIDERED BEFORE THE PUBLICATION OF A WHITE BILL WAS THE IMPACT OF A BILL OF RIGHTS ON EXISTING LEGISLATION.
MR MATHEWS SAID: "IN THIS RESPECT, THE CONSIDERED A NUMBER OF OPTIONS.
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"ONE WAS TO DEFER THE COMMENCEMENT OF A BILL WHILE A COMPLETE REVIEW OF EXISTING LEGISLATION WAS CONDUCTED. THIS WOULD BE VERY TIME CONSUMING.
LONG.
"WE DO NOT THINK THAT HONG KONG PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE TO WAIT 90
"WE THEREFORE