WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 1990
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ALSO, THE SECOND PART OF THE MOTION CALLED FOR THE OF PROTECTION TO BOTH MEN AND BOYS FROM SEXUAL EXPLOITATION WOMEN AND GIRLS BY THE CRIMES ORDINANCE BUT NO DETAILS HAD AS TO THE EXTENT OF SUCH PROTECTION, HE SAID.
EXTENSION GIVEN
TO
BEEN GIVEN
SECONDLY, HE NOTED THAT THE MOTION DID NOT DEAL WITH THE EXISTING OFFENCE OF BUGGERY.
HE POINTED OUT. THAT THE LAW REFORM COMMISSION RECOMMENDED IN 1983 THAT THE LAW SHOULD NO LONGER PROHIBIT ANY FULLY CONSENSUAL SEXUAL CONDUCT IN PRIVATE BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN WHERE BOTH WERE OVER 16 YEARS OLD.
THE 1988 CONSULTATION PAPER DID NOT RAISE THIS MATTER BUT THE REFERENCE IN APPENDIX A TO NON-CONSENSUAL BUGGERY AND BUGGERY WITH A GIRL UNDER 16 AS OFFENCES TO BE RETAINED MIGHT BE MISUNDERSTOOD SO AS TO IMPLY THAT CONSENSUAL BUGGERY AS OUTLINED BY THE LAW REFORM COMMISSION MIGHT BE PERMISSIBLE, HE SAID.
HE HOPED THE ADMINISTRATION COULD CLARIFY WHETHER IT INTENDED FOR CONSENSUAL BUGGERY BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN TO CONTINUE TO BE OFFENCE.
AN
THIRDLY, MR ARCULLI NOTED THAT A CIVIL SERVICE CIRCULAR ISSUED: IN 1982 STATED THAT NO KNOWN HOMOSEXUAL SHOULD BE APPOINTED ΤΟ THE HONG KONG CIVIL SERVICE, IRRESPECTIVE OF RANK OR GRADE, AND THAT A SERVING OFFICER IF CONVICTED OF A HOMOSEXUAL OFFENCE FACED IMMEDIATE DISMISSAL.
HE QUESTIONED WHETHER THIS POLICY WOULD BE REVIEWED IN THE LIGHT OF ANY PROPOSAL TO DECRIMINALISE CONSENSUAL HOMOSEXUAL ACTS.
ALL ABOUT THE RIGHT TO RESPECT FOR PRIVATE LIFE
BETWEEN
THE DEBATE ON THE DECRIMINALISATION OF HOMOSEXUAL ACTS CONSENTING MALE ADULTS IN PRIVATE IS ALL ABOUT "THE RIGHT ΤΟ RESPECT FOR PRIVATE LIFE", THE HON PAUL CHENG SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
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SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE MOTION IN THE DEBATE ON HOMOSEXUALITY, MR CHENG SAID THAT THE DEBATE WAS A BATTLE OVER WHETHER OR NOT THE RIGHT OF INDIVIDUAL PRIVACY SHOULD BE PROTECTED, AND NOT A BATTLE OVER WHETHER OR NOT MORALS SHOULD BE LOOSENED.
ON
"HIGH STANDARDS OF GOVERNANCE OF HONG KONG SHOULD EMBODY THE PROTECTION OF INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS SO LONG AS THEY
NOT INFRINGE PUBLIC SAFETY, SOCIAL ORDER, OR NATIONAL SECURITY,
DO
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