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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1994

BARROW, MR PERSONS

ANY

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON MARTIN SUEN POINTED OUT THAT UNDER THE BILL OF RIGHTS ORDINANCE, ALL WERE EQUAL BEFORE

LAW AND WERE ENTITLED WITHOUT

THE

DISCRIMINATION TO THE EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE LAW.

IN VIEW UNNECESSARY TO INTER-CITIZEN ELSEWHERE.

OF

MR

THIS,

SUEN SAID THE GOVERNMENT LEGISLATION TO

THIS INTRODUCE

GOVERN WHETHER RELATIONSHIPS,

IN APARTMENT

FOUND

IT

ASPECT BUILDINGS

OF

OR

THE ADMINISTRATION WAS AWARE OF HOWEVER, HE SAID INCIDENTS INVOLVING DISCRIMINATION.

ISOLATED

BUT

SAID, HAVE CONCERNED

ALWAYS PROBABLY

BEEN RESOLVED DUE TO THE HAD NO

HE INCIDENTS, THESE

PARTIES RAPIDLY AMONG THE PRIVATE STRONG PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR THE VIEW THAT RACIAL DISCRIMINATION PLACE IN AN OPEN, PROGRESSIVE AND DYNAMIC SOCIETY SUCH AS HONG KONG.

ON

RACIAL

EQUALITY`

EDUCATION,

MR

SUEN

STRESSED

THE OF APPRECIATION FOR

THAT

GOVERNMENT WOULD CONTINUE TO CULTIVATE A SPIRIT RACIAL DIVERSITY THROUGH SUSTAINED HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION.

THE

BY

"THIS

OUT IS BEING CARRIED

IN SCHOOLS

EDUCATION BY

VIGOUR WITH PARTICULAR DEPARTMENT AND IN THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE THE COMMITTEE ON THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION," HE SAID.

HAD

HE ALSO NOTED THAT THE HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE

AND ONE OF RECENTLY PUBLISHED A TEACHING KIT FOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS

RIGHT TO BE ITS CENTRAL MESSAGE WAS THE CONCEPT OF EQUALITY AND THE FREE FROM DISCRIMINATION.

MEMBERS THAT THE GOVERNMENT FULLY EARLIER, MR SUEN ASSURED

DIFFERENT SUBSCRIBED TO THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUALITY BETWEEN PERSONS

POLITICAL OR OTHER OPINION, RACE, COLOUR, SEX, LANGUAGE, RELIGION, NATIONAL OR SOCIAL ORIGIN, PROPERTY, BIRTH OR OTHER STATUS.

EXCHANGES OF VIEW ON DRAFT BASIC LAW CONFIDENTIAL

WERE

THE SINO-BRITISH EXCHANGES OF VIEW ON THE DRAFT BASIC LAW CONFIDENTIAL AND IT WOULD NOT BE APPROPRIATE TO DISCLOSE THE CONTENTS.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS, MR PETER LAI, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON CHRISTINE LOH.

ON

MR LAI SAID THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S VIEWS AND SUGGESTIONS THE DRAFT BASIC LAW WERE CONVEYED TO THE CHINESE SIDE THROUGH DIPLOMATIC CHANNELS.

"AS THESE EXCHANGES WERE CONFIDENTIAL, APPROPRIATE TO DISCLOSE THE CONTENTS," HE SAID,

IT

WOULD NOT

BE

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