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THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1994
ARE FULLY COMMITTED TO LET ME
STRESS ONCE AGAIN, WE JUST
MEASURES. THESE PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS. WE WILL BE TAKING FURTHER
DURABLE MEASURES MEASURES WILL BE WHAT WE BELIEVE TO BE PRACTICAL, THAT THE COMMUNITY WILL SUPPORT. I WILL NOW TAKE QUESTIONS.
QUESTION: DOES DURABLE AND PRACTICAL MEAN NO HUMAN RIGHT NO ACCESS TO INFORMATION BILLS? 1 DON'T THINK THAT CHINA.
COMMISSIONS,
CS: I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD BE ANTICIPATING OUR ANNOUNCEMENT. WE WILL BE MAKING A RESPONSE IN REPLY TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE FAC REPORT BY THE END OF JUNE.
GOVT COMMITTED TO PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS
HUMAN RIGHTS
THE GOVERNMENT IS FULLY COMMITTED TO PROTECTING AND WILL BE TAKING FURTHER MEASURES WHICH ARE BELIEVED TO BE PRACTICAL AND DURABLE AND WHICH THE COMMUNITY WILL SUPPORT, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, MRS ANSON CHAN, SAID THIS THURSDAY) AFTERNOON.
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER VISITING A VOTER REGISTRATION ACTIVITY AT NEW TOWN PLAZA IN SHA TIN, MRS CHAN SAID THE COMMUNITY
ENJOYED A GREAT DEAL OF FREEDOMS INCLUDING ALREADY
FREEDOM
OF
WORSHIP, AND THE
FREEDOM
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FREEDOM OF CRITICISE
THE
THE
PRESS, GOVERNMENT.
"WE
WILL CONTINUE TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO SAFEGUARD HUMAN AND THE VARIOUS FREEDOMS THAT OUR COMMUNITY OBVIOUSLY TREASURES, CHAN SAID.
RIGHTS MRS
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15.
THE FUNDAMENTAL UNDERPINNING OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN HONG KONG OF COURSE, A FACT THAT WE HAVE AN INDEPENDENT JUDICIARY AND WE HAVE
CAN RIGHTS ORDINANCE AND WE WILL DO EVERYTHING WE POSSIBLY HUMAN SAFEGUARD THOSE INSTITUTIONS AND, INDEED, TO STRENGTHEN THEM."
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THE CHIEF SECRETARY SAID WHAT THE GOVERNMENT WANTED TO THE COMING WEEKS AND MONTHS WAS TO GIVE CAREFUL CONSIDERATION TO NEXT STEPS THAT SHOULD BE TAKEN TO STRENGTHEN HUMAN RIGHTS.
"WE WANT TO ADOPT PRACTICAL MEASURES 'THAT WILL, ON SIDK, SAFEGUARD THESE RIGHTS AND WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY CONTINUING BOTH NOW AND AFTER 1997," MRS CHAN SAID.
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"WE WILL SHORTLY BE ABLE TO SAY SOMETHING, MAYBE IN A FEW FURTHER WEEKS' TIME, ON THE WHOLE QUESTION OF WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING TO IMPROVE THE TRANSPARENCY OF THE GOVERNMENT, ITS ADMINISTRATION, THE WAY IT MAKES ITS POLICY DECISIONS AND THE WAY IT FORMULATES POLICY."
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MRS CHAN ADDED THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS COMMITTED TO GIVING
ΤΟ ANSWER
THR RECOMMENDATIONS CONTAINED IN THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE REPORT AND AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL BY THE END OF JUNE.
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