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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1993

MORE HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTS ON HK TO COME

*

FIVE REPORTS ON HONG KONG WHICH ARE MADE TO THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE WILL BE DUE BETWEEN NOW AND JUNE 30, 1997.

HONG KONG GOVERNMENT WILL KEEP THE PRACTICE OF TABLING SUCH REPORTS IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL

BY QUESTION

THE HON AFFAIRS, MR CM LEUNG, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A SIMON IP SIK-ON, IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

THE REPORTS DUE ARE:

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FOURTH PERIODIC REPORT UNDER THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENANT CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS (DUE JUNE 1994);

ON

THE

* THIRD PERIODIC REPORT UNDER THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENANT ON

ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS (DUE JUNE 1994);

THIRTEENTH AND FOURTEENTH PERIODIC REPORTS UNDER INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION (DUE APRIL 1994 AND APRIL 1996 RESPECTIVELY); AND

INITIAL REPORT UNDER THE CONVENTION

AGAINST TORTURE

AND

OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT (DUE JANUARY 1994)

MR SZE SAID THE PRACTICE OF TABLING THESE REPORTS IN THE LEGCO WAS STARTED WITH THE THIRD PERIODIC REPORT UNDER THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENANT OR CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS.

THE MOREOVER,

UNITED KINGDOM GOVERNMENT HAS SUBMITTED THE REPORTS ON HONG KONG TO THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE UNDER THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

GOVERNMENT'S POLICY FOR EQUAL DEVELOPMENT OF LAND USE

OF

IT IS THE GOVERNMENT'S POLICY TO PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY LAND FOR ALL TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT AS FAR AS POSSIBLE, THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR TONY EASON, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON SAMUEL WONG PING-WAI IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR EASON SAID:

/"IN PREPARING