WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1989
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DECISION EXPECTED NEXT YEAR ON HUMAN RIGHTS ORDINANCE
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A DECISION ON THE ENACTMENT OF A HUMAN RIGHTS ORDINANCE EXPECTED BY EARLY NEXT YEAR, THE ACTING CHIEF SECRETARY, THE PIERS JACOBS, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
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REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM DR THE HON LEONG CHE-HUNG, MR JACOBS SAID THE GOVERNMENT WAS EXAMINING AS A MATTER OF PRIORITY THE ALTERNATIVES FOR ENACTING A HUMAN RIGHTS ORDINANCE, IN THE LIGHT OF PUBLIC COMMENTS AND THE CONTENT OF THE DRAFT BASIC LAW IN THIS RESPECT.
"THIS EXERCISE IS DETAILED AND COMPLEX AND MANY APPROACHES ARE POSSIBLE," HE SAID.
"WE ARE WORKING HARD ON THIS PROBLEM AND EXPECT TO BE IN A POSITION TO DECIDE BY EARLY NEXT YEAR, WHETHER ΤΟ ENACT A HUMAN RIGHTS ORDINANCE, AND IF SO, WHAT FORM THE LEGISLATION SHOULD TAKE."
MR JACOBS SAID NO DRAFTING INSTRUCTIONS HAD BEEN ISSUED NOR FORMAL DRAFT BILL OF RIGHTS PREPARED ALTHOUGH INFORMAL DISCUSSIONS HAD BEEN HELD.
IN LATE 1987 AND EARLY 1988 THE FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL HELD A SERIES OF INFORMAL MEETINGS WITH LAWYERS AND ACADEMICS TO DISCUSS THE HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUE AND VARIOUS PAPERS WERE PREPARED TO FACILITATE THE DISCUSSIONS.
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"THE DISCUSSIONS WERE INFORMAL AND NO CONCLUSIONS WERE REACHED, MR JACOBS ADDED.
NO DECISION YET ON REPLACING BMH
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NO DECISION HAS YET BEEN TAKEN ON THE REPLACEMENT OF THE BRITISH MILITARY HOSPITAL, THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, THE HON CHAU TAK-HAY, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
HOWEVER, HE SAID THAT TENTATIVE PLANS HAD BEEN PREPARED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PUBLIC HOSPITAL FACILITY ON THAT SITE, THOUGH THE PRECISE FORM OF ANY SUCH FACILITY WOULD REQUIRE FURTHER CONSIDERATION ONCE THE AVAILABILITY OF THE SITE WAS KNOWN.
MR CHAU WAS REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM DR THE HON HENRIETTA IP, WHO ASKED IF THERE WAS ANY LONG TERM PLAN TO REPLACE BMH WITH A NEW PAEDIATRIC AND OBSTETRIC ANNEX TO QUEEN ELIZABETH ORDER TO RELIEVE ITS OVERCROWDING CONDITION.
MR CHAU SAID NO DECISION HAD BEEN TAKEN ON THE THE HOSPITAL, WHICH WAS A SUPPORT FACILITY FOR BRITISH CONSEQUENTIAL RELEASE OF THE SITE.
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