WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1992
EFFORTS TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS
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THE GOVERNMENT HAS ALLOCATED $2.5 MILLION FOR THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION IN 1992-93, PART OF WHICH HAS BEEN EARMARKED FOR HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS, MICHAEL SZE, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON JAMES TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
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MR SZE SAID THE COMMITTEE ALSO RECEIVED A DONATION OF $1 MILLION FROM THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB FOR ORGANISING HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION PROJECTS.
IN ADDITION, THE ADMINISTRATION HAS PUBLISHED EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS ΤΟ HELP MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND THE BILL OF RIGHTS ORDINANCE.
A TOTAL OF 10,000 COPIES OF THE ORDINANCE AND 20,000 COPIES OF AN INTRODUCTORY BOOKLET ON THE ORDINANCE HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED THROUGH · THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE DISTRICT OFFICES.
NOTING THAT THE COMMITTEE HAS SET UP A SUB-COMMITTEE IN MAY THIS YEAR TO FOSTER PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF AND RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, HE SAID HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION WAS ONE OF THE COMMITTEE'S WORK PRIORITIES IN 1992-93.
THE PROJECTS SO FAR PLANNED FOR THIS YEAR INCLUDE A SPECIAL COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION SCHEME, PRODUCTION OF INFORMATION KITS AND PAMPHLETS, A CIVIC EDUCATION DAY, SEMINARS AND A RADIO PROGRAMME.
BESIDES, THE COMMITTEE HAS SPONSORED ABOUT $374,000 FOR 12 HUMAN RIGHTS-RELATED CIVIC EDUCATION PROJECTS FROM 1990/91 TO 1992/93.
LEGAL SYSTEM AND JUDICIAL PROCESS OF OTHER JURISDICTIONS
SHOULD BE RESPECTED
THE ADMINISTRATION TAKES AN ACTIVE INTEREST IN ATTEMPTS BY FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS TO IMPOSE THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE ACTS OR JUDICIAL ORDERS EXTRATERRITORIALLY IN HONG KONG.
IT WAS ALSO OF THE VIEW THAT INTERNATIONAL COMITY REQUIRED THAT LEGAL SYSTEM AND JUDICIAL PROCESS OF OTHER JURISDICTIONS BE RESPECTED.
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THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR MONETARY AFFAIRS, MR DAVID NENDICK, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON HUANG CHEN-YA IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).