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The Bill represents a significant step in ensuring the continuation of the current civil aviation regime on carriage by air.

Mr President, with these words I commend the Bill to this Council.

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SDO enacted in anticipation of CEDAW extension

Following is a question by the Hon Lau Chin-shek and a reply by the Secretary for Home Affairs, Mr Michael Suen, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):

Question:

In view of the extension of the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) to Hong Kong on 14 October this year, will the Government inform this Council:

(a)

(b)

(c)

whether it will introduce relevant legislation in order to comply with the spirit of Article 11.1(d) of the CEDAW regarding the right to "equal remuneration......in respect of work of equal value";

given the fact that each signatory state to the CEDAW is required to submit its first report on the status of women in its country one year after signing the Convention, whether the first such report on Hong Kong will be submitted next year by the British Government, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government or the Chinese Government; and

whether the Sino-British Joint Liaison Group has deliberated on the respective roles of the HKSAR Government and the Chinese Government regarding the submission of reports on the status of women in Hong Kong after the change of sovereignty?