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Provided that an agreement can finally be reached, Hong Kong's well-trained, elitist law drafting team and Members of this Council can make their best effort and display greater efficiency even under a tighter schedule in order to complete the drafting and examination of the Bill concerned.

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When Members realize the lack of information currently available on the subject, I hope that they will support the Honourable LAU Chin-shek's motion so that the Administration will prepare a comprehensive consultative document as soon as possible.

To the extent that the name, acronym and logo of UNESCO have been notified and accepted by the Paris Union Member States under the Article 6ter of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, adopted in 1883 and revised at Stockholm in 1967, UNESCO has recourse to Paris Convention Member States’ domestic systems to prevent the use of the name, acronym or logo of UNESCO where such use falsely suggests a connection with UNESCO.

According to the Chinese Lunar calendar, this is the last meeting of the Legislative Council in Gengyin year and next week will mark the beginning of Xinmao year.

The Chairman responded that there was no particular type of food which contained very high chloropropanol level found in this study, hence the key message to the public will be focused on promoting a balanced diet so as to avoid excessive exposure to certain contaminants from a small range of food items.

(c) To have access, on general terms of equality, to public service in his country.

Whichever way the voting result goes, what is most important is that Members of this Council can work together to keep on urging and monitoring the Administration to the effect that it will propose and implement as soon as possible a sound retirement system for the protection of the people of Hong Kong.

On behalf of our Shareholders and my fellow Directors, I wish to express our heartfelt thanks to all staff for their dedication and contribution throughout the year.

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The Committee recommends that the State party adopt measures to protect persons belonging to minorities not explicitly provided for in the Constitution, in the exercise of their political rights without discrimination, and take measures to ensure that all groups of minorities are represented in Parliament and in regional elected bodies.

Therefore, may I urge my colleagues in this Council not to encourage, hasten or support the departure from Hong Kong of Hong Kong people.

The adoption of the Charter of the United Nations itself, with particular reference to the second paragraph of its preamble and its Articles 1 (3) and 55 (c)

(b) amend regulation 19 to clarify that the maximum site coverage and maximum plot ratio permitted in respect of a building or buildings on a “class A site”, “class B site” or “class C site” are to be determined in accordance with regulations 20 and 21 respectively, and that the height of a building or buildings and the maximum site coverage and maximum plot ratio permitted in respect of a building or buildings on any other site are to be determined by the Building Authority.

I sincerely hope that though Members debated heatedly, they should put the interests of Hong Kong in the forefront and continue to do their best to urge China and the United Kingdom to reopen negotiation for an agreement.

If Honourable Members wish this Administration to do nothing about this very important issue, they should vote for the amendment.

Could the Administration therefore inform this Council whether a comprehensive review will be conducted with a view to revealing the real situation of triad infiltration in schools so that this Council will be in a better position to discuss the matter?

Many colleagues have already raised a lot of questions. Now, I would only bring out serveral questions relating to certain aspects and hope that Mr John CHAN will respond to them later.

For Members of this Council, a hard decision will have to be made as to whether individual rights must be preserved at all costs, to insist that the presumption of innocence must be maintained right through to the end of the trial, and the individual to be conceived of as needing protection from the police, who are often portrayed as representing the potential tyranny of the state.

Mr Deputy President, with these remarks, I hope the Government will play an active role in promoting hospice services and wish all my fellow Members as well as the Hong Kong Government all the best in their twilight years.

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