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Transcript of the CS's media session
The following is a transcript of the Chief Secretary, Mrs Anson Chan's media session at the Central Government Offices tonight (Monday):
CS: Let me say first of all. I have this meeting arranged with the Chief Justice ready to talk about other issues. But we of course we took the opportunity about meeting this afternoon to discuss the concerns of the Bill of Rights Ordinance. The Chief Justice told me that he has certain views purely of jurisprudential and technical nature and at my request, he's agreed to convey these views in writing to us and of course when we have received his views, we shall consider them very carefully.
End/Monday, November 13, 1995
Transcript of the Chief Justice's media session
The following is a transcript of the Chief Justice, Sir Ti Liang Yang's media session after meeting the Chief Secretary, Mrs Anson Chan, today (Monday):
CJ: (In Chinese) The Chief Secretary wanted to discuss with me the possibility of assigning a judge to sit on the Town Planning Board, and this is the main objective of today's meeting. Last night's incident inevitably came up at the meeting.
CJ: The conversation that has caused me all this trouble took place at a dinner party with two tables. There were some 24 people there. Zhang Junsheng sat on my left. To his left was another gentleman who asked me about the Bill of Rights as I was asked about the Bill of Rights practically every time I went out and we talked about the Bill of Rights.
Question: Did you say Sir the Bill of Rights has undermined the legal system?
CJ: I cannot remember what actually was said because throughout the weeks I've been talking about the Bill of Rights on so many occasions. What I said actually were very technical legal points on the jurisprudence of the Bill of Rights. My line has always been that Hong Kong people are very sensitive on this issue and I realise that they need the protection of Bill of Rights and I understand that. I have never deviated from that.