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III.

Sites already within PHDP to be accelerated

12.3

6. Lung Tin Tsuen, Yuen Long Area 13

7. Tiu Keng Leng, Tseung Kwan O Area 73A&B

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7.5

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19.8

31.6

Government committed to human rights enhancement

The Hong Kong Government has put the enhancement of human rights at the centre of its policy initiatives and is firmly committed to the vision that human rights are people's fundamental rights bestowed by virtue of their existence, the Secretary for Home Affairs, Mr Michael Suen, said tonight (Friday).

Addressing the Amnesty International forum, Mr Suen said the right to life, to liberty and security, to freedom of thought and expression, to equality before the law and equal protection under the law are fundamental rights and not gifts of governments or any organisations.

Elaborating in his speech "Human rights: achievements and the way ahead", Mr Suen said: "We have a respectable record but cannot afford to be complacent."

Mr Suen said the Administration, apart from recognising the role and contribution of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) as a driving force behind human rights development in Hong Kong, had taken its reporting to international human rights bodies very seriously.