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COMAC's Seventh Annual Report

Following is the speech by the Chief Secretary, the Hon Anson Chan, in tabling the Government Minute in response to COMAC's Seventh Annual Report at the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):

Mr President,

When COMAC's Seventh Annual Report was presented to the Council on 19 July, the Administration indicated that a Government Minute would be prepared in three months' time. This Government Minute is tabled today.

The Government Minute covers all the complaint cases which COMAC investigated and listed in his Annual Report. In the majority of these cases, the branches and departments involved have accepted and followed up all of COMAC's recommendations. There are a few cases in which some of the COMAC's recommended measures have had to be modified because of operational constraints. The reasons for these modifications are set out in the Minute.

Should any Member of this Council wish to have further clarification on any point in the Government Minute, the Administration would be happy to provide it.

End/Wednesday, October 18, 1995

Two human rights reports tabled in LegCo

Two UK Government reports on human rights in Hong Kong has been formally tabled in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday).

They are the fourth report under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the thirteenth report under the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD). The ICCPR report which has already been made public in July, will be in bound, bilingual format. The report under the ICERD is still being translated and the edition released today will be in English only.