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Claimants should commence legal action within both the three-year and the ten- year limitation periods, which should be adopted for all products. The court should have the discretion to extend both the three-year and the ten-year limitation periods if it is equitable to do so.

The consultation paper is issued to elicit comments on the interim recommendations made by the Sub-committee. Anyone who wishes to obtain a copy of the consultation paper should write to the Secretary, The Law Reform Commission, 20th Floor, Harcourt House, 39 Gloucester Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong. The

consultation paper is also available on the Government home page http://www.info.gov.hk (under "topical information: consultation paper").

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Government team to attend UN hearing

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A four-member Hong Kong Government team led by the Deputy Solicitor General, Mr Stephen Wong, will attend a hearing of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) in Geneva on March 3 and 4.

A Government spokesman said today (Monday) that the committee will scrutinise the 14th periodic report on Hong Kong under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, which is an update of developments in the territory since the examination of the 13th report last March.

The 14th report was submitted by the United Kingdom Government to the UN and made public in Hong Kong last November. Copies have been distributed to public libraries and are available at district offices. Its publication has stimulated a positive exchange of views between the non-government organisations (NGO), legislators and the Government.

During the drafting of the report, the Government has invited the Legislative Council, NGOs and other interested parties to express views on the report.

Forming part of the British delegation, the Hong Kong team will answer questions on the implementation of the Convention in the territory and will provide additional information wherever necessary.