SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 1993
HUMAN RIGHTS TELELING A "RINGING SUCCESS"
THE
HUMAN
FROM THE NUMBER OF CALLS IT HAS BEEN RECEIVING, RIGHTS TELELINE SERVICE IS CERTAINLY PROVING ΤΟ BE A "RINGING SUCCESS"
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COMMITTEE ON THE DEALT WITH MORE THAN
LAUNCHED ONLY THRER MONTHS AGO BY THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION, IT HAS ALREADY 108,400 ENQUIRIES SOME 1,200 EVERYDAY,
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE COMMITTEE TODAY (SUNDAY) SAID THAT THE FREE PHONE-IN SERVICE HAS BEEN SO WELL-RFCEIVED IS A WELCOME SIGN OF THE INTEREST OF THE COMMUNITY ON THE BILL OF RIGHTS ORDINANCE.
THE SPOKESMAN STRESSED THAT MAKING MORE PEOPLE AWARE OF THE CONTENTS OF THE ORDINANCE, WHICH WAS ENACTED IN JUNE 1991, WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PROMOTION PRIORITY IN THE COMING YEARS.
SOME OF HONG
KONG'S ENTERTAINMENT CELEBRITIES HAVE ALREADY THROWN THEIR WEIGHT AND VOICES BEHIND IT.
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FOR IT WAS WITH THEIR PROFESSIONAL HELP
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THE PRODUCTION OF FIVE 'DRAMATISED' RECORDINGS THAT HELPED LAUNCH THE TELELINE ON DECEMBER 3 LAST YEAR WHICH GAVE THE PUBLIC, FOR THE FIRST TIME, A MORE DIRECT AND EASTER ACCESS TO HUMAN RIGHTS INFORMATION,
THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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"WE WILL BE EXPANDING OUR INFORMATION BANK A'T INTERMITTENT INTERVALS TO EVENTUALLY COVER ALL THE IMPORTANT FACETS OF THE LAW, HE EXPLAINED.
BUT FOR THE TIME BEING, THE COMMITTEE WILL BE CONCENTRATING ON THE MOST COMMON SITUATIONS BY FOCUSING THEIR INCULCATIONS ON: THE FREEDOM OF OPINION AND SPEECH; PREEDOM OF PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY; EQUALITY BEFORE THE COURTS AND THE RIGHT TO A FAIR AND PUBLIC HEARING; PROTECTION OF PRIVACY, AND, THE ENTITLEMENT TO THESE RIGHTS WITHOUT ANY DISTINCTION.
OR,
WHERE EXISTING LAW MAY CONFLICT WITH,
CONTRAVENE THE SPIRIT OF THE ORDINANCE, AN EXPLANATION HAS BEEN WRITTEN INTO ONE OF THE SCENARIOS THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS CONDUCTING A REVIEW TO SEE HOW A
BALANCE CAN BE STRUCK.
IN THE MEANTIME, HOWEVER, THE SPOKESMAN URGED THE PUBLIC то CONTINUE TO MAKE FULL USE OF TELELINE BY DIALLING 187 8111, 187 OR 187 8133. THE ACCESS CODE IS 6701
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