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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1994

HK TEAM TO ATTEND UN MEETING

ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS

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SOLICITOR GENERAL, MR DANIEL R FUNG QC, WILL LEAD A FIVE-MEMBER HONG KONG GOVERNMENT TEAM, AS PART OF THE

DELEGATION, TO BRITISH

SOCIAL ATTEND A HEARING OF THE UNITED NATIONS COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, AND CULTURAL RIGHTS TO BE HELD IN GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, ON NOVEMBER 23 AND 24.

THE UNITED

OF

THE RIGHTS

DURING THE MEETING, THE UN COMMITTEE WILL EXAMINE

PERIODIC KINGDOM'S

REPORT UNDER

13-15 SECOND

ARTICLES INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL (ICESCR) AND THE REPORTS OF THE BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES AND CROWN DEPENDENCIES UNDER ARTICLES 10-12 AND 13-15 OF THE COVENANT.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS MAY,ASK QUESTIONS ARISING FROM THESE REPORTS.

THE HONG KONG TEAM WILL ASSIST THE BRITISH DELEGATION IN ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS ON COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS UNDER ICESCR OF ECONOMIC, HONG KONG, IN PARTICULAR, QUESTIONS AS TO THE STATE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CURRENTLY ENJOYED BY THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT HAS BEEN ATTAINED BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT IN TERMS

THE PROVISTON ECONOMY,

OF HOUSING, SOCIAL

HEALTH WELFARE, EDUCATION AND THE CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT.

ON

OF THE

CARE,

APART FROM MR FUNG, THE DELEGATION COMPRISES A PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT

PRINCIPAL SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR DUNCAN PESCOD; A ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND

MR MANPOWER,

RAYMOND FAN; A PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, MR Y C AND A CROWN COUNSEL, MR PETER WONG.

IN

CHENG;

ON

BEHALF THE SECOND ARTICLES

OF

SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR, THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT, ITS DEPENDENT TERRITORIES INCLUDING HONG KONG, SUBMITTED AND THIRD STAGES OF THE SECOND PERIODIC REPORT (CONCERNING 10-12 AND ARTICLES 13-15 OF THE ICESCR) TO THE UN COMMITTEE.

THOSE ARTICLES RECOGNISE THE RIGHT TO THE WIDEST POSSIBLE

ASSISTANCE PROTECTION AND

FOR THE FAMILY,

CHILDREN AND MOTHERS, YOUNGER PERSONS (ARTICLE 10), TO AN ADEQUATE STANDARD OF LIVING OF {ARTICLE 11), TO THE ENJOYMENT OF THE HIGHEST ATTAINABLE STANDARD PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH (ARTICLE 12), TO AN EDUCATION (ARTICLES AND 14), AND TO TAKE PART IN CULTURAL LIFE (ARTICLE 15).

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REPORT

THE REPORT IN RESPECT OF HONG KONG WAS PREPARED IN EARLY SUBSEQUENTLY, THE UN COMMITTEE RAISED SOME QUESTIONS ARISING FROM

SUBMITTED AND WRITTEN ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS HAD BEEN THE COMMITTEE VIA THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT.

1992.

THE

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