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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1992

CONDUCTED A PROBLEM AREAS RIGHTS

THE SECRETARY EXPLAINED THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD REVIEW OF THE EXISTING LEGISLATION OF HONG KONG WHERE WERE THOUGHT TO EXIST PRIOR TO THE ENACTMENT OF THE BILL OF ORDINANCE.

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"WE CONCLUDED THAT WHILE CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE LAW COULD BE OF RIGHTS, RISK OF BEING FOUND TO BE INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE BILL ULTIMATELY THIS WAS A MATTER WHICH COULD ONLY BE DECIDED ONE THE OTHER BY THE COURTS.

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OF SEEKING TO RESPECT WHICH, IF OF RIGHTS, IN THE

THE CAUTIOUS APPROACH THEREFORE ADOPTED FREEZE THE OPERATION OF THE BILL OF RIGHTS ORDINANCE ONLY IN OF A SMALL NUMBER OF ORDINANCES CONTAINING PROVISIONS REPEALED UPON A FINDING OF INCONSISTENCY WITH THE BILL WOULD CREATE AN UNACCEPTABLE OPERATIONAL VACUUM PARTICULARLY SPHERE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, MR LAI SAID.

AS FOR OTHER LEGISLATION, THE SECRETARY SAID THE APPROACH TO DEAL WITH CASES OF POSSIBLE OR DETERMINED INCOMPATIBILITY WITH BILL OF RIGHTS ORDINANCE AS THEY AROSE, WHETHER AS A RESULT OF OWN REVIEW AND RESEARCH OR OF CASES DECIDED BY THE COURTS.

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"IN RECOMMENDING LEGISLATIVE AMENDMENTS IN RESPONSE TO THE BILL LEGISLATION OF RIGHTS, WE SHOULD BEAR IN MIND THAT THE BILL OF RIGHTS IS AN ENTIRELY NEW AREA OF LAW FOR HONG KONG AND A LOCAL JURISPRUDENCE IS ONLY JUST BEGINNING TO DEVELOP,

"A CAUTIOUS APPROACH IS THEREFORE JUSTIFIED, AT LEAST UNTIL

MR LAI ADDED. HAVE MORE LOCAL JUDICIAL PRECEDENTS TO GUIDE US,

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GOVT CONSULTATING PUBLIC ON CMB FRANCHISE

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HONG THE CMB FRANCHISE MR MICHAEL LEUNG,

THE TRANSPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE (TAC) MET THE CHAIRMEN OF

TRANSPORT DISTRICT BOARDS AND THEIR TRAFFIC AND KONG ISLAND ON FEBRUARY 11 TO HEAR THEIR VIEWS ON ON HONG KONG ISLAND, THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, INFORMED THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

SAID THE

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO THE HON LEE WING-TAT, MR LEUNG FOUR DISTRICT BOARDS WERE NOW FURTHER COLLATING LOCAL OPINIONS, WITH A VIEW TO PRESENTING THEM TO THE TAC BEFORE FEBRUARY 25.

HE SAID A PAPER GIVING CMB'S PERFORMANCE RECORDS SINCE 1986 WAS SENT TO THE DISTRICT BOARDS OF HONG KONG ISLAND ON JANUARY 28.

THE PAPER CONTENTS OF

WERE ALSO DISSEMINATED THROUGH THE INCLUDING TWO PRINTED MEDIA

PRESS RELEASES HIGHLIGHTING THE KEY ISSUES ON WHICH PUBLIC VIEWS WOULD BE SOUGHT.

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