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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1990
HE FELT THAT SUCH AN EARLY PROVIDED BY THE BASIC LAW IN CONFIDENCE OF THE PEOPLE.
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WHAT HAD ALREADY BEEN ARTICLE 39 WOULD STRENGTHEN THE
FEELING THAT WHAT WE HAVE BEEN WE CAN
"IT WOULD GIVE US THE GOOD PROMISED IN THE BASIC LAW AFTER 1997 WILL BE THE SAME AS WHAT ENJOY NOW.
"SUCH AN ARRANGEMENT OF CONTINUITY THROUGH LEGAL MEANS WILL GO A LONG WAY TOWARDS REBUILDING THE CONFIDENCE OF OUR PEOPLE IN THE FUTURE, DR TSE SAID.
BILL OF RIGHTS WILL NOT CONTRAVENE JOINT DECLARATION
THE HON EDWARD HO SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT THE INTRODUCTION OF A BILL OF RIGHTS WOULD NOT CONTRAVENE THE JOINT DECLARATION.
SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE DRAFT BILL OF RIGHTS INTHE MOTION DEBATE, MR HO SAID THAT ARTICLE 3(5) OF THE JOINT DECLARATION CLEARLY PROVIDED THAT CERTAIN FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS WOULD BE PROVIDED BY LAW.
HE SAID SECTION XIII OF ANNEX 1 OF THE JOINT DECLARATION ELABORATED ON THESE PROVISIONS AND MENTIONED THAT "THE
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PROVISIONS OF INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS (ICCPR) AND THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS (ICESCR) AS APPLIED TO HONG KONG SHALL REMAIN IN FORCE.
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SIMILARLY, HE SAID, THE BASIC LAW PROVIDED FOR THE SAFEGUARD OF THE "RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION AND OF OTHER PERSONS IN THE REGION IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW.
THE BASIC LAW ALSO STIPULATED THAT THE ICCPR AND APPLIED TO HONG KONG SHOULD REMAIN IN FORCE AND SHOULD BE THROUGH THE LAWS OF THE HONG KONG SAR, HE ADDED.
ICESCR AS IMPLEMENTED
"THOSE PROVISIONS NOT ONLY REMOVE ANY DOUBT THAT A BILL OF RIGHTS ALONG THE LINE OF THE ICCPR AS APPLIED TO HONG KONG WOULD BE IN STRICT ACCORDANCE WITH THE JOINT DECLARATION AND THE BASIC LAW; BUT
AS ALSO, BY SUCH WORDS
'IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW' AND 'SHALL BE IMPLEMENTED THROUGH THE LAWS', A BILL OF RIGHTS IS POSITIVELY REQUIRED, MR HO SAID.
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