THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1991
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COMMMITTEE
NON-PURSUANCE OF INEVITABLE THAT THOSE WHO FEEL
THE ARE
WRONG
IN RESPONSE TO A QUESTION RAISED BY A MEMBER OF THE WHETHER HONG KONG ACTED AS AGENTS FOR OTHERS IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS, MR STOCK REPLIED: "IT IS,
ANY SOCIETY, FROM TIME TO TIME IN AGGRIEVED AT DECISIONS TAKEN FOR REASONS.
I SUPPOSE, THERE WILL
THEY WHAT
BE BELIEVE
"ONE ALSO HEARS, FROM TIME TO TIME, CLAIMS THAT THE HAS LAUNCHED THIS OR THAT PROSECUTION. THE GOVERNMENT DOES PROSECUTIONS, THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT DECIDE PROSECUTIONS. DONE BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OR THOSE AUTHORISED DECISIONS ARE MADE INDEPENDENTLY. PROSECUTIONS REASONS DO NOT FIT THE FACTS IN HONG KONG."
QUESTION
BY HIM, LODGED FOR
ON COMMITTEE
TO THE
GOVERNMENT
NOT BRING THAT IS
AND THOSE POLITICAL
VIETNAMESE
THE
SCREENING
FROM RESPONDING TO A
THE ASYLUM SEEKERS, MR STOCK DESCRIBED IT AS A "MAMMOUTH PROBLEM" FOR
AND ITS PEOPLE. REFERRING HONG KONG GOVERNMENT SYSTEM, HE SAID, "WE'VE MADE OUR SYSTEM AS FAIR AS WE CAN.
INVOLVEMENT OF
THE
THE HE EMPHASISED
UNITED COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE SCREENING INCLUDING MONITORING.
MR STOCK ALSO
NATIONS
HIGH
PROCEDURES,
LEGAL ADVICE RECENT COURT DEMONSTRATED THEY HAVE
OUTLINED THE LEGAL ACCESS AND AVAILABLE TO THE VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS, POINTING TO THE CASES INVOLVING VIETNAMESE IN HONG KONG THAT ACCESS TO THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM.
SAID THE THREE-DAY HEARING HAD WHOLE RANGE OF SUBJECTS,
AFTER THE HEARING, MR STOCK BEEN A DETAILED, IN-DEPTH DISCUSSION ON A WHICH HE HAD FOUND HELPFUL.
COMMITTEE WOULD BE WOULD BE STUDIED WITH GREAT JURISDICTION IN THE
HE STRESSED THAT THE POINTS RAISED BY THE BROUGHT BACK TO HONG KONG WHERE "THEY CARE AND REFERRED TO THOSE POLICY BRANCHES WITH MATTERS RAISED",
A CONSTRUCTIVE HAD LEARNED TO PUT IN THE HUMAN
THE HEARING HAD PRODUCED OVERALL, HE SAID, DIALOGUE FROM WHICH THE FIVE-MEMBER HONG KONG DELEGATION A GREAT DEAL, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY
BEING MADE THE SUBSTANTIAL AND SIGNIFICANT RIGHTS FIELD IN HONG KONG IN THEIR PROPER PERSPECTIVE.
ADVANCES
TO DELEGATION
THE THREE-DAY UN ASSISTANT
SOLICITOR
SECRETARY
FOR
ASSISTANT
MR STOCK LED A SENIOR-LEVEL
THE OTHER MEMBERS WERE: HEARING IN NEW YORK. GENERAL, MR PHILIP DYKES;
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS,
FRANCIS MR
TWO PRINCIPAL HO; SECRETARIES FOR SECURITY, MR ALEX FONG AND MRS MARION LAI.
MR STOCK AND MR DYKES WERE SCHEDULED TO TRAVEL TO OTTAWA
(THURSDAY) TO MEET WITH CANADIAN CONSTITUTIONAL THE SOLICITOR GENERAL.
TODAY
OFFICIALS, INCLUDING
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