THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1994
HK TEAM TO ATTEND UN MEETING
ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS
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SOLICITOR GENERAL, MR DANIEL R FUNG QC, WILL LEAD A FIVE-MEMBER HONG KONG GOVERNMENT TEAM, AS PART OF THE
DELEGATION, TO BRITISH
SOCIAL ATTEND A HEARING OF THE UNITED NATIONS COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, AND CULTURAL RIGHTS TO BE HELD IN GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, ON NOVEMBER 23 AND 24.
THE UNITED
OF
THE RIGHTS
DURING THE MEETING, THE UN COMMITTEE WILL EXAMINE
PERIODIC KINGDOM'S
REPORT UNDER
13-15 SECOND
ARTICLES INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL (ICESCR) AND THE REPORTS OF THE BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES AND CROWN DEPENDENCIES UNDER ARTICLES 10-12 AND 13-15 OF THE COVENANT.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS MAY,ASK QUESTIONS ARISING FROM THESE REPORTS.
THE HONG KONG TEAM WILL ASSIST THE BRITISH DELEGATION IN ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS ON COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS UNDER ICESCR OF ECONOMIC, HONG KONG, IN PARTICULAR, QUESTIONS AS TO THE STATE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CURRENTLY ENJOYED BY THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT HAS BEEN ATTAINED BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT IN TERMS
THE PROVISTON ECONOMY,
OF HOUSING, SOCIAL
HEALTH WELFARE, EDUCATION AND THE CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT.
ON
OF THE
CARE,
APART FROM MR FUNG, THE DELEGATION COMPRISES A PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT
PRINCIPAL SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR DUNCAN PESCOD; A ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND
MR MANPOWER,
RAYMOND FAN; A PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, MR Y C AND A CROWN COUNSEL, MR PETER WONG.
IN
CHENG;
ON
BEHALF THE SECOND ARTICLES
OF
SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR, THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT, ITS DEPENDENT TERRITORIES INCLUDING HONG KONG, SUBMITTED AND THIRD STAGES OF THE SECOND PERIODIC REPORT (CONCERNING 10-12 AND ARTICLES 13-15 OF THE ICESCR) TO THE UN COMMITTEE.
THOSE ARTICLES RECOGNISE THE RIGHT TO THE WIDEST POSSIBLE
ASSISTANCE PROTECTION AND
FOR THE FAMILY,
CHILDREN AND MOTHERS, YOUNGER PERSONS (ARTICLE 10), TO AN ADEQUATE STANDARD OF LIVING OF {ARTICLE 11), TO THE ENJOYMENT OF THE HIGHEST ATTAINABLE STANDARD PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH (ARTICLE 12), TO AN EDUCATION (ARTICLES AND 14), AND TO TAKE PART IN CULTURAL LIFE (ARTICLE 15).
13
REPORT
THE REPORT IN RESPECT OF HONG KONG WAS PREPARED IN EARLY SUBSEQUENTLY, THE UN COMMITTEE RAISED SOME QUESTIONS ARISING FROM
SUBMITTED AND WRITTEN ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS HAD BEEN THE COMMITTEE VIA THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT.
1992.
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