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Medical Board to consider Judge Caird's case

The Governor has asked the Judiciary Administrator to arrange for the establishment of a Medical Board to consider whether or not Judge Caird is medically able to discharge the functions of his office and, if he is considered unable, whether such inability is likely to be permanent, a government spokesman announced today (Monday).

The Board will also be asked to consider whether Judge Caird's state of health was such that it would have affected his behaviour on August 17 and 18.

In the meantime, the Governor has decided not to take any further action to appoint a Judicial Tribunal until he has received the report of the Board.

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Government team to attend UN hearing on human rights report

A five-member team headed by the Solicitor General, Mr Daniel Fung, QC, will attend before the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) in Geneva on October 23 to answer questions arising from the Supplementary Report on Hong Kong.

The Report, submitted under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), was requested by UNHRC when it examined the territory's fourth periodic report under the Covenant last October.

A government spokesman said today (Monday) that the team, which constituted part of the British delegation, would update the Committee on recent developments concerning issues covered by the Supplementary Report.

"The team will also assist the British delegation in answering questions raised by Committee members," the spokesman said.

The report covered issues of concern to UNHRC including the investigation of complaints against the Police, the treatment of Vietnamese migrants, the electoral system, anti-discrimination legislation, the Bill of Rights Ordinance and the submission of reports to UN after 1997; and the steps taken by the Government to address each of these areas of concem.