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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1989

THE

TIMESCALE TO

PUBLISH A WHITE INTRODUCE

THE GOVERNOR SAID WITHIN BILL FOR PUBLIC CONSULTATION BY THE END OF THIS YEAR AND TO

BY JULY 1990. THERE DRAFT LEGISLATION INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

LAWS WOULD NOT BE TIME FOR A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF ALL OUR EXISTING

WITH THE TO REMOVE ANY AREAS OF DOUBT ABOUT THEIR FULL COMPATIBILITY BILL OF RIGHTS.

AFTER

THE DRAFT BILL WILL ITS ENACTMENT DURING WHICH STANDARD OF THE NEW

"TO AVOID ANY UNNECESSARY UNCERTAINTIES PROVIDE FOR

LIMITED PERIOD A EXISTING LAWS CANNOT BE CHALLENGED AGAINST THE

"THE GOVERNOR SAID.

BILL.

THAT THE BASIC SOCIAL SIR DAVID POINTED OUT

UF BACKED

BY WERE FREEDOMS HONG KONG ENJOYED PROVISIONS OF STATUTORY AND COMMON LAW.

AND MANY

POLITICAL DIFFERENT

COVENANTS ON CIVIL AND SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS HAVE

"IN ADDITION, THE INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL RIGHTS AND ON ECONOMIC, BEEN EXTENDED TO HONG KONG SINCE 1976.

"AND THEIR CONTINUED APPLICATION BEYOND 1997 IS

THE JOINT DECLARATION," HE SAID.

GUARANTEED IN

IN

COVENANT NATURE FROM

ON

PROVISIONS OF THE SIR DAVID EXPLAINED THAT THE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS WERE DIFFERENT THOSE OF THE COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS.

"THEY ARE IN

THE FORM OF

OBJECTIVES

SPEAKING,

ΤΟ BE ACHIEVED ARE NOT RIGHTS WHICH PROGRESSIVELY AND. GENERALLY INDIVIDUALS COULD EASILY ENFORCE IN THE COURTS.

"FOR THESE REASONS THEY ARE NOT WELL SUITED FOR INCLUSION IN BILL OF RIGHTS DESIGNED TO GIVE PEOPLE THE RIGHT OF DIRECT ACTION THE COURTS.

A

IN

TO THE OBJECTIVES OF THE EXISTING LEGISLATION

"WE ARE OF COURSE FULLY COMMITTED COVENANT AND SEEK TO IMPLEMENT THEM THROUGH OUR AND POLICIES," HE SAID.

FULL CONTRIBUTION BY HK TO WORK OF JLG

HONG KONG MAKES A FULL CONTRIBUTION TO THE WORK DO 50. THE LIAISON GROUP (JLG) AND WILL CONTINUE TO DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

OF THE JOINT SIR GOVERNOR,

IN THE SIR DAVID SAID THAT THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF PROCEEDINGS

KONG ABOUT ITS ROLE JLG HAD OFTEN LED TO MISUNDERSTANDINGS IN HONG AND ACTIVITIES.

"FROM TIME TO TIME IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED THAT THE

THE JLG IN WHICH CHINESE GOVERNMENTS TAKE DECISIONS IN PLAYS NO PART.

BRITISH

HONG

AND KONG

"I CAN