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Infrastructure Co-ordinating Committee

A Government spokesman announced today (Friday) that a team of Hong Kong Government officials will be leaving for Guangzhou on Sunday (January 22) to attend the first meeting of the Infrastructure Co-ordinating Committee on Monday (January 23).

The team will comprise the Secretary for Planning, Environment and Lands, Mr Tony Eason; the Secretary for Economic Services, Mr Gordon Siu; the Secretary for Transport, Mr Haider Barma; the Director of Planning, Dr Peter Pun; the Deputy Secretary for Constitutional Affairs, Mr Stephen Lam; the Principal Assistant Secretary for Constitutional Affairs, Miss Margaret Fong; the Chief Engineer of the Highways Department, Mr C K Mak; and Assistant Political Adviser Miss Shirley Yung.

Attention News Editors:

The Secretary for Planning, Environment and Lands, Mr Tony Eason, will speak to the media before the departure of the delegation. Media representatives covering the event please assemble at 1.15 pm on Sunday (January 22) outside the KCRC VIP room, Ground Floor, Kowloon Railway Station, Hung Hom.

End/Friday, January 20, 1995

Enhancement of rights accorded priority

Vigorous efforts to fulfil commitments to enhance protection for the rights of the individual and to eliminate discrimination have turned 1994 into a busy and fruitful year for the Home Affairs Branch (HAB).

Reviewing today (Friday) the work of HAB, the Secretary for Home Affairs, Mr Michael Suen, pointed out that a lot had been done during the past year to put in place the package of measures to strengthen the rights of the individual.

"In response to widespread community support, we announced in June 1994 the decision to seek the extension of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) to Hong Kong.

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