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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1990
THIS COULD BE DONE BY A HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, AND ENDORSED THE RECOMMENDATION PUT FORWARD BY THE LEGCO AD HOC THE BILL OF RIGHTS.
HE
THAT THE
HE
FULLY
GROUP
ON
BILL
SHOULD RIGHTS OF CONSIDERED ALSO ENTRENCHED AND BE GIVEN PARAMOUNTCY OVER ALL OTHER HONG KONG LAWS.
BE
ON THE REMARKS
TIE DEATH MP MCGREGOR EXPRESSED SUPPORT FOR
HE WAS ALSO IN PENALTY MADE BY THE HON MARTIN BARROW, SAYING THAT FAVOUR OF REMOVING CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FROM EXISTING LEGISLATION.
MR MCGREGOR ASKED
TO THE GOVERNMENT
SEEK IN CONCLUSION,
OF THE BILL DISCUSSION WITH THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT ON THE INCLUSION
AND T OBTAIN AGREEMENT ON OF RIGHTS IN HONG KONG LEGISLATION ENTRENCHMENT AND SOME FORM OF PARAMOUNTCY,
AND
ESTABLISHING PUBLIC
FREEDOMS
WILL BE
"CHINESE AGREEMENT WOULD GO A LONG WAY TO
HUMAN RIGHTS HONG KONG'S THAT CONFIDENCE MAINTAINED LONG AFTER 1997," HE STRESSED.
PARTS OF BASIC LAW HAVE MORE TO OFFER THAN BILL OF RIGHTS
*
*
HON
THERE ARE AREAS IN WHICH THE BASIC LAW HAS MORE TO
TU ELSIE OF
THE RIGHTS, HONG KONG BILL LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THE
OFFER SAID IN
THAN
THE
THE
OF
FROM VOTING ON MRS TU, WHO SAID SHE INTENDED TO ABSTAIN
NOT INCLUDE ANY MOTION ON THE BILL OF RIGHTS, SAID THE BILL DID THE MOST ESSENTIAL ARTICLES OF THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS (ICESCR).
HAND,
INCLUDED MANY LAW, ON
OTHER THE SHE SAID THE BASIC
THE ICESCR IN RIGHTS TAKEN FROM THE COVENANT, AND ACTUALLY INCLUDED
KONG "AS APPLIED TO HONG ITS ARTICLE 39, ADDING THAT THE COVENANT
THROUGH THE
OF SHALL REMAIN IN FORCE AND SHALL BE IMPLEMENTED THE HK SAR".
LAWS
THE BILL OF ON SUGGESTIONS THAT WE SHOULD ASK CHINA TO ALLOW
SHE A RIGHTS TO HAVE SUPERIOR STATUS OVER OTHER ORDINANCES, MRS TU SAID
ΤΟ WERE
SUCH CONSIDER THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT
BASIC THOUGHT EVEN IF
LAW BY REQUEST, WE WOULD NOT ACHIEVE ANYTHING SUPERIOR TO THE ADOPTING A HALF-HEARTED HONG KONG BILL OF RIGHTS.
BODIES NOTING THAT THE ISSUE AS TO HOW FAR THE LAW ENFORCEMENT
CIVIL RIGHTS COULD CARRY OUT THEIR DUTIES WITHOUT INFRINGING ON SOME
TU SAID WAS STILL UNDER DISCUSSION BY THE DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED, MRS
HUMAN RIGHTS AND PUTTING THE THE THIN LINE BETWEEN IMPLEMENTING
AND TRIAD ACTIVITY IN OUR PUBLIC AT RISK FROM
OF SOCIETY WAS NOT AN EASY LINE TO DRAW. BUT, SHE ADDED, IT MUST BE DONE, OTHERWISE CORRUPT AND CRIMINAL ELEMENTS WOULD DEPRIVE US RIGHTS.
CORRUPTION CRIME,
ALL OUR
MRS TU ALSO
COMMISSION ENLARGED THE BUREAUCRACY BUT DID LITTLE TO ALLEVIATE INJUSTICES.
A HUMAN SAID THAT THE SETTING
SHE HONG KONG. HOWEVER, COMMISSION WAS LONG OVERDUE IN
ORNAMENT EXPENSIVE SHOULD NOT BE JUST ANOTHER
UP OF
RIGHTS
SAID,
THE THAT
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