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YOUR TELNO 1047: UN CONVENTION ON TORTURE
1. WE ARE STILL AIMING TO INTRODUCE THE TORTURE BILL TO LEGCO AT
THE SAME TIME AS THE BILL OF RIGHTS. ON THE PRESENT TIMETABLE THAT WOULD MEAN INTRODUCTION TO LEGCO ON 25 JULY 1990. ENACTMENT WOULD, ALL BEING WELL, FOLLOW IN THE NEXT SESSION OF THE COUNCIL IN OCTOBER.
2. WE HOPE OUR ORIGINAL PLAN TO SYNCHRONISE THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF
THE BILL WITH THE EXTENSION OF THE CONVENTION TO HONG KONG BY DELAYING THE GOVERNORS ASSENT BY TWO DAYS (SEE OUR TELNO 4505 DECEMBER 1988) WILL STILL BE ACCEPTABLE. WE WILL LET YOU KNOW AS
SOON AS WE HAVE A FIRM DATE FOR ENACTMENT.
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