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He remarked that such dire predictions were based on no justifiable grounds and he for one totally rejected such a doomsday scenario, adding that the Government offered hope to the people of Hong Kong -- hope through action.
He said: "Over the past years, we have worked to preserve and enhance the rule of law in Hong Kong and to make it a better place for all to live in for now and the future."
"We shall continue to do so, for the benefit of the community and the generations to come."
"Our legal system in the future will be very much the same, if not better, than the one in which we now take pride," Mr Mathews said.
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Monitors' Report submitted to CS
The monitors appointed to observe the transfer yesterday (Thursday) of 192 Vietnamese migrants selected for the Orderly Repatriation Programme from the High Island Detention Centre to Victoria Prison have submitted their report to the Chief Secretary, a government spokesman said today (Friday).
The four monitors comprised two non-official Justices of the Peace, Mrs Leung Lau Yau-fun and Mr Robert Chan Chin-yuan. The other two were representatives of two non-government organisations - Miss Marie Vander Elst from Medecins Sans Frontieres and Mr Stephen Tsui from Oxfam.
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