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WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 1990

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ALL LOCAL THE BILL OF RIGHTS A SUPREME STATUS OVER GIVE LAWS AND TO DIRECTLY ENTRENCH IT EITHER CONSTITUTIONALLY OR BY SPECIAL PROCEDURAL DEVICES WILL CLEARLY GO AGAINST PROVISIONS IN

LAW.

THE BASIC

PRIVY

MAJESTY'S WE WILL PROPOSE TO RECOMMEND TO HER "INSTEAD

THAT NO LAW COUNCIL THAT THE LETTERS PATENT BE AMENDED TO PROVIDE

PERSONS IN SHALL BE MADE THAT RESTRICTS THE RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OF

TO HONG KONG IN A MANNER WHICH IS INCON: ISTENT WITH ICCPR AS APPLIED HONG KONG, SIR DAVID SAID.

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WILL ENTRENCH IN AMENDMENT

OUR PRINCIPLE THAT NO LAWS MADE BY THE LEGISLATURE SHALL CONTRAVENE ICCPR AND WILL REFLECT THE SIMILAR PROVISION IN ARTICLE 39 OF BASIC LAW.

PRIVY THE BILL

"OUR PRESENT PLAN IS TO SUBMIT THE RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL LATER THIS YEAR, TO COINCIDE WITH THE ENACTMENT OF HERE, THE CHIEF SECRETARY SAID.

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DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED.

BILLS TO PROVIDE LEGISLATION FOR ELECTIONS NEXT YEAR

SIX BILLS WHICH PROVIDE FOR NECESSARY LEGISLATION FOR THE THREE SETS

FOR OF ELECTIONS WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE IN 1991, WERE INTRODUCED FIRST AND SECOND READINGS IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THIS AFTERNOON (WEDNESDAY).

THE BILLS ARE THE ELECTORAL PROVISIONS (AMENDMENT) BILL 1990, LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (ELECTORAL PROVISIONS) (AMENDMENT) BILL 1990, URBAN COUNCIL (AMENDMENT} (NO. 2) BILL

1990, REGIONAL COUNCIL (AMENDMENT} (NO. 2) BILL 1990, DISTRICT BOARD (AMENDMENT)

( AMENDMENT}

BILL 1990.

1990 AND THE CORRUPT AND ILLEGAL PRACTICES

BILL

THE LEGISLATIVE

THE THREE SETS OF ELECTIONS ARE ELECTIONS TO COUNCIL, THE MUNICIPAL COUNCILS AND THE DISTRICT BOARDS.

PROVISIONS DAVID FORD

MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE ELECTORAL (AMENDMENT) BILL 1990, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, THE HON SIR SAID THAT 1991 WOULD WITNESS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HONG KONG'8 HISTORY THE DIRECT ELECTION OF MEMBERS TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BY GEOGRAPHICAL CONSTITUENCIES.

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A SAID

LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK ALREADY

IN EXISTED ELECTORAL PROVISIONS ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR DIRECT ELECTIONS TO MUNICIPAL COUNCILS AND DISTRICT BOARDS.

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