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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1994

GOVT VALUES NGOS' VIEWS ON HUMAN RIGHTS

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THE

AND CONSTRUCTIVE UNITED KINGDOM DELEGATION HAD A USEFUL

SOCIAL FINAL HEARING BEFORE THE UNITED NATIONS COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, AND CULTURAL RIGHTS WHICH ENDED TODAY (FRIDAY) IN GENEVA.

THE SOLICITOR GENERAL, MR DANIEL R FUNG, QC, LEADER OF THE HONG KONG TEAM WHICH FORMS PART OF THE UK DELEGATION, SAID HE WAS CONFIDENT THAT THE UN COMMITTEE NOW HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE SITUATION CONCERNING ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS IN HONG KONG AFTER THE THREE-DAY HEARING.

MR FUNG

SAID

HE WAS ALSO PLEASED

THAT

EXPRESS

NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS (NGOS) FROM HONG KONG HAD HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO THEIR CONCERNS ON A NUMBER OF ISSUES.

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"I WAS PLEASED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY RAISED BY NGOS ON MONDAY, AND FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS RAISED BY COMMITTEE MEMBERS DURING THEIR MEETINGS WITH THE UK DELEGATION THURSDAY AND TODAY," HE SAID.

AN

ON WEDNESDAY,

OPPORTUNITY

TO

IN

HONG KONG

"THIS GAVE THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT TEAM REPORT TO THE COMMITTEE THE WORK THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT HAD DONE THESE AREAS, CLARIFY SOME MISCONCEPTIONS AND PRESENT THE CASE IN THE RIGHT PERSPECTIVE,

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HE ADDED.

BY

ADDRESS

MR FUNG ADDED THAT HE WAS GRATEFUL FOR THE VIEWS EXPRESSED THE UN COMMITTEE AND SAID THAT THE GOVERNMENT WOULD STRIVE TO THESE CONCERNS AS APPROPRIATE.

RIGHTS

HE SAID ALTHOUGH HONG KONG HAD A VERY IMPRESSIVE HUMAN

THE GOVERNMENT WHICH MUST BE RANKED AMONG THE BEST IN ASIA,

THERE WERE AREAS WHERE THAT AWARE WAS AND NOT COMPLACENT IMPROVEMENTS COULD BE MADE.

RECORD, WAS

TO

TAKEN

MR FUNG ALSO SAID THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS ACTIVELY WORKING STRENGTHEN CONTACTS WITH NGOS TO ENSURE THEIR VIEWS WERE FULLY INTO ACCOUNT IN FUTURE REPORTS SUBMITTED TO THE UN.

"WE

PROMOTION

ALWAYS VALUE THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY NGOS IN THE

THE NEW SYSTEM WOULD OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN HONG KONG AND HOPE THAT. ENHANCE OUR WORK IN THIS AREA," HE SAID.

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