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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1990
SHOULD
ΤΑΙ MR
SAID THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
REFLECT VERY CAREFULLY OVER THE APPLICATION OF EQUAL RIGHTS FOR MALES AND FEMALES,
NEEDED TO SAFEGUARD AGAINST AS SPECIAL PROVISIONS WERE
THE NOVEL AN INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS AS BETWEEN PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS WHEN APPLYING COVENANT IN OUR STATUE BOOK, BECAUSE NON-DISCRIMINATION DID NOT OF THESE IMPLY IDENTICAL TREATMENT NOR ABSOLUTE EQUALITY IN THE CASE TRADITIONAL RIGHTS AS PRACTISED FOR MANY YEARS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
SEXUAL EQUALITY THIS COVENANT TO OUR IMPACT IT COULD AND THE SPECIAL AND UNIQUE
IN HIS OPINION, THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON WAS TOO GENERAL IN CHARACTER, BUT BY APPLYING LEGISLATION ONE MUST CONSIDER CAREFULLY THE ADVERSE HAVE ON THE DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES CHARACTERISTICS OF OUR SOCIETY,
ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS CHARGED
STRICTLY
OF LAW
WITH CRIMINAL
WITHOUT TAT SAID TO APPLY THESE BLANCE OF EFFICACY
ENFORCEMENT, HUMAN RIGHTS, COULD UPSET THE MAINTENANCE OF SOCIETY.
TAKING INTO FAIRNESS
OFFENCES, MR
ACCOUNT
THE
AND FUNDAMENTAL LAW AND ORDER IN OUR
THE BILL, TURNING TO THE POLITICAL EFFECT ON THE AMENDMENT OF
RECOGNITION OF THIS BILL TO
MR TAI SAID CHINA'S REACTION AND ITS SURVIVE AFTER 1997 AND BEYOND WAS VITAL.
MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION "THE JOINT DECLARATION STATES THAT
OF THE DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE PERIOD BETWEEN THE ESTABLISHMENT
ACTION TO BE TAKEN BY THE TWO JOINT LIAISON GROUP SHALL INCLUDE
THE GOVERNMENTS TO ENSURE
OF CONTINUED APPLICATION
INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS AFFECTING HONG KONG.
MATTERS ON WHICH THERE IS "MOREOVER, IT ALSO PROVIDES THAT
THE TWO DISAGREEMENT IN THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP SHALL BE REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTS FOR SOLUTION THROUGH CONSULTATION,
Fr
HE SAID.
BILL OF RIGHTS WILL HAVE STABILISING EFFECT
EFFECT LEGISLATIVE
THE BILL OF RIGHTS WILL, IF ENACTED, HAVE A STABILISING
HON DANIEL TSE SAID IN THE IN OUR COMMUNITY, DR THE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
BILL SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE MOTION ON THE TSE SAID HE FULLY SUPPORTED THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE GROUP THAT STUDIED THE BILL.
F RIGHTS, DR LEGCO AD HOC
HE URGED THE GOVERNMENT TO DO WHATEVER WAS NECESSARY TO THAT ONCE PASSED THE BILL OF RIGHTS WOULD REMAIN IN FORCE AFTER 1997.
ENSURE AND
BEFORE
THE PROMISE OF THE ACCORDING TO
DR TSE SAID THE BILL WOULD BRING FORWARD BASIC LAW IN GUARANTEEING INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOM THE STANDARD OF THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT.
/HE FELT