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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1990

AND

MONITOR

THE RIGHTS

"TO CO-ORDINATE EDUCATION EFFORTS IMPLEMENTATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN HONG KONG, A SPECIAL HUMAN COMMITTEE SHOULD BE SET UP IN HONG KONG," HE SAID.

ALSO

WITH

DRAL INDEPENDENT

THIS COMMITTEE, DR LEONG SAID, SHOULD COMP] \INTS ON HUMAN RIGHT PROBLEMS. IT SHOULD BE GOVERNMENT AND MADE UP OF MOSTLY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. IT ALSO COMPILE REGULAR WORKING REPORTS TO THE GOVERNMENT.

OF

PUBLIC THE SHOULD

TIME TO PUT BILL OF RIGHTS INTO PLACE

IT IS ONLY RIGHT THAT A BILL OF RIGHTS IS PUT INTO PLACE

TAKE ON SELF-GOVERNMENT TIME WHEN THE HONG KONG COMMUNITY BEGINS TO

THE HON PAUL CHENG SAID IN UNDER "ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS", LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

AT A

THE

SAID

SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE DRAFT BILL OF RIGHTS, MR CHENG

CONTRIBUTING ΤΟ OF

A SUCCESSFUL THROUGH THIS DRAFT BILL OF

LEGAL THE

SYSTEM BY GIVING

THAT, GIVEN THE RESPONSIBILITY TRANSFER OF SOVEREIGNTY, MEMBERS COULD RIGHTS STRENGTHEN THE FOUNDATIONS OF DUE RECOGNITION TO THE CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS OF OUR CITIZENRY.

AN EXHAUSTIVE HE SAID WHILE IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO UNDERTAKE OR CONCLUSIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE BILL OF RIGHTS ON EXISTING LEGISLATION, IT WAS ENCUMBENT UPON LEGISLATORS PREPARING FOR THE EFFECTIVE RUNNING OF HONG KONG AS A SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE

IN LINE WITH THE TO ENSURE THAT ESSENTIAL FREEDOMS WERE ENTRENCHED INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS.

REGION

"A BILL OF RIGHTS WILL ALLOW FOR THIS

IN THE

MOST EXPEDIENT

MANNER," HE SAID.

JUDICIAL

EXPERIENCE OF

YEAR, DEPENDENT

MR CHENG ALSO SAID THAT TO FACILITATE THE BILL, THERE SHOULD BE A SELECTIVE FREEZE FOR ONE ON SCHEDULING IMPORTANT EXISTING ORDINANCES LIKELY TO BE THE BILL OF RIGHTS.

HE ECHOED A REMARK BY DR NIHAL JAYAWICKRAMA OF THIS BILL OF HONG KONG, WHO HE SAID HAD NOTED THAT EDUCATE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND THE PUBLIC.

AFFECTED BY

THE UNIVERSITY WOULD HELP TO

"CIVIC EDUCATION MUST BE ONE OF OUR PRIORITIES AS 1997 AND BEYOND: THE ENACTMENT ADDRESSING THIS PRIORITY."

WE

THIS BILL OF

IS A MAJOR

LOOK ΤΟ STEP

IN

WE

FACE

IN

RUNNING OURSELVES,

IN

OF

THE

CHALLENGES

VIBW "IT IS MOST TIMELY SHIFTING OURSELVES FROM THE SECURITY OF A COLONIAL GOVERNMENT THINGS FOR US TO THE RESPONSIBILITY OF RUNNING THINGS FOR

HE SAID.

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