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The Hong Kong Government will contribute to the report by preparing draft submissions to the United Kingdom on the implementation of the ICESCR and the UNCRC in Hong Kong.
"To enable the Government to take into account views expressed during the drafting of the report - and to meet the deadline for submission to the United Nations - comments will need to reach the Government by September 8, 1995."
To facilitate comments, the Government has prepared outlines of topics which it intends to include in the draft reports.
Non-government organisations or individuals who would like to express their views can write to the Secretary for Home Affairs before September 8, 1995. Copies of the outlines of the draft reports can be obtained from the Home Affairs Branch, 31st floor, Southorn Centre, Wan Chai, on request.
End/Thursday, July 6, 1995
Govt deals with bottlenecks at economy
A key area of the Government's activity is dealing with bottlenecks in the economy, the Governor, the Rt Hon Christopher Patten, said today (Thursday).
Speaking at the luncheon meeting of the Hong Kong Exporters' Association, Mr Patten said Hong Kong faced physical bottlenecks as well as mismatches between the supply and the demand of the labour.
"To address the physical constraints, we have massive programmes of investment in transport infrastructure, both for road and rail on land and in maritime and aviation facilities.
"We are making huge investments in the supply of serviced land for development."
He noted that the Government was investing increasingly large amounts in the training and retraining of the workforce and encouraging the development of new industry and technology.
This year the Vocational Training Council will spend $1.4 billion, providing full-time courses for 43,000 people and part-time courses for another 66,000.