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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1990

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BILL OF RIGHTS WILL ENHANCE CONFIDENCE

OF BILL

COUNCIL

RIGHTS BILL 1990 IS THE MEETING TODAY

THE SUCCESSFUL PASSAGE OF THE STRATEGIC IN ENHANCING THE CONFIDENCE OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG, HON DAVID CHEUNG SAID

(WEDNESDAY).

IN THE

LEGISLATIVE

FEARS PEOPLE HAVE

PEOPLE,

"THE BILL WILL, ON THE ONE HAND, ALLAY THE IN THEIR HEARTS AND, ON THE OTHER, ELEVATE THE MORALE OF THE MR CHEUNG SAID.

BILL OF RIGHTS, MR THE POSSIBLE ABUSE OF HUMAN

SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE MOTION ON THE CHEUNG NEVERTHELESS CAUTIONED AGAINST RIGHTS.

HE SAID IT WAS THE GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSIBILITY TO SEE ONE WAS DENIED HUMAN RIGHTS.

THAT NO

"THE

GOVERNMENT

MUST BE

SATISFIED

PROTECTED AND ENJOYED BY ALL HONG KONG PEOPLE.

THAT SUCH

RIGHTS

WERE

MR CHEUNG ALSO SAID ABUSE COULD FREEDOM UNDER THE SPIRIT OF THE BILL.

TAKE THE FORM OF

EXCESSIVE

COULD DO AS THEY

HE DID NOT WISH TO SEE THE DAY WHEN PEOPLE WANTED, CLAIMING IMMUNITY UNDER THE BILL OF RIGHTS.

NOT

KEPT

REFERRING TO THE POWERS OF THE ICAC, MR CHEUNG SAID HE DID

A TOOTHLESS SUPPORT EXCESSIVE POWERS FOR THE ICAC. BUT HE FELT THAT ICAC MIGHT LEAD TO A REVIVAL OF CORRUPTION WHICH HAD SO FAR BEEN IN CHECK UNDER THE COMMISSION'S OPERATION.

CALL TO RETHINK BILL OF RIGHTS

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THE IMPLICATIONS THE HON NELLIE

THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD SERIOUSLY CONSIDER ALL OF A HONG KONG BILL OF RIGHTS BEFORE MOVING FURTHER, FONG SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

OF RIGHTS,

SPEAKING AGAINST THE MOTION ON THE BILL SAID IT WAS DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND WHY HONG KONG NEEDED THE RIGHTS IN A RUSH AND AT THIS SPECIFIC MOMENT.

MRS FONG BILL OF

THE ICAC POWERS REDUCED AND THE BEING AFFECTED, WITH LAW AND ORDER IN THE

SHE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES OF BEING TRIMMED, THE POWERS OF THE POLICE FORCE BEING DUTIES OF THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT

LEVEL OF THE CONSEQUENCE THAT THE EXISTING TERRITORY COULD NOT BE EFFECTIVELY MAINTAINED.

/IN ADDITION