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SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS AS WELL AS THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR CONVENTION. THE SCM POST (6.6) SAID THAT MOST DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMEN DOUBTED THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE BILL OF RIGHTS AFTER HONG
KONG'S REVERSION TO CHINA.
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FOUR CIVIL SERVICE UNIONS AND ONE LABOUR UNION WOULD WRITE TO THE FCO AND THE ILO THIS MONTH TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THEIR LACK OF POLITICAL RIGHTS UNDER BRITISH ADMINISTRATION, SING TAO JIH PAO (9.6) REPORTED.
13. SOURCES CLOSE TO THE CHINESE TEAM ON THE JLG SAID THAT IF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT FORMULATED AND PASSED A BILL OF RIGHTS WITHOUT PRIOR CONSULTATION WITH THE CHINESE SIDE, CHINA WOULD BE FORCED TO REPEAL IT AFTER 1997, RADIO 1 AND SOME PAPERS (8.6) REPORTED.
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14. THE U.S. CONSUL-GENERAL IN HONG KONG (DESIGNATE), RICHARD WILLIAMS, SAID THAT THE U.S. WAS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT HONG KONG'S FUTURE, THE MEDIA (8.6) REPORTED IN GOOD COVERAGE. IN AN INTERVIEW WITH THE HONG KONG CHINA NEWS AGENCY AND CHINA NEWS SERVICE IN WASHINGTON, MR WILLIAMS SAID THE U.S. WOULD TRY ITS BEST TO MAINTAIN AND SUPPORT HONG KONG'S STABILITY AND PROSPERITY.
15. LEGCO MEMBER MARTIN LEE CALLED ON THE U.S. TO URGENTLY DEVELOP A POLICY WHICH RESPECTED THE POLITICAL ASPIRATIONS OF HONG KONG PEOPLE, THE SCM POST AND THE HONG KONG ECONOMIC JOURNAL (7.6) REPORTED. IN WRITTEN TESTIMONY TO THE U.S. SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE, MR LEE SAID THE U.S. POLICY OF ACCEPTING THAT THE JOINT DECLARATION REPRESENTED THE WISHES OF THE HONG KONG-CHINA-BRITAIN 'TRIANGLE' WAS NO LONGER VALID FOLLOWING THE TIANANMEN INCIDENT.
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16. AT A PRESENTATION CEREMONY IN PEKING, BLDC DEPUTY DIRECTOR T.K. ANN INDICATED THAT SOME HONG KONG DRAFTERS HAD PROPOSED TO FORM A CLUB FOLLOWING THE DISSOLUTION OF THE BLDC. HE SAID THAT CLUB MEMBERS WOULD FOCUS THEIR INTEREST ON THE ECONOMY AND CULTURE AND WOULD NOT TOUCH ON POLITICS.
17. HONG KONG STUDENT YAO YONGZHAN RETURNED TO HONG KONG AFTER BEING RELEASED BY THE AUTHORITIES IN SHANGHAI, THE MEDIA (8.6) REPORTED. THE REPORTS NOTED THAT HE THANKED STAFF OF THE BRITISH CONSULATE IN SHANGHAI BEFORE HIS RETURN TO HONG KONG.
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