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Sex Discrimination (Proceedings by the EOC) Regulation

Following is the speech by the Secretary for Home Affairs, Mr Michael Suen, in moving the resolution of the Sex Discrimination (Proceedings by the Equal Opportunities Commission) Regulation in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):

Mr President,

I move the resolution standing in my name on the Order Paper. The resolution is to the effect that the Sex Discrimination (Proceedings by the Equal Opportunities Commission) Regulation made under section 89 of the Sex Discrimination Ordinance be approved.

The Sex Discrimination (Proceedings by the Equal Opportunities Commission) Regulation, if passed, will enable the Equal Opportunities Commission to bring court proceedings in its own name when it appears to the Commission that the claim is well founded, and where the case raises a question of principle and it is in the interests of justice to do so.

The Regulation will also enable the Commission in any such proceedings to seek a declaration that the act which is the subject of the proceedings is an unlawful act or an injunction in respect of such act or both.

Mr President, I beg to move.

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Code of Practice on Employment under Sex Discrimination Ordinance

Following is the speech by the Secretary for Home Affairs, Mr Michael Suen, in moving the resolution to amend the Chinese text of the Code of Practice on Employment under the Sex Discrimination Ordinance in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):

Mr President,

I move that the Chinese text of the Code of Practice on Employment under the Sex Discrimination Ordinance, tabled in this Council on 20 November 1996, be amended as set out in the proposed Resolution of the Legislative Council circulated to Members.