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We respect some Honourable colleagues' insistence regarding 2012 and understand that they may have distrust over the selection of the Chief Executive by universal suffrage in 2017.

On the other hand, Hong Kong people's perseverance in this issue has made me proud to be a Chinese living in Hong Kong.

Government officials may ask why we should be so uncompromising over the name of a bureau which is just a trivial matter.

I am very persistent, and every time when I meet him, I will ask him this question because I think that everyone, every government, must be careful with its words, must not make any light remarks.

Some Honourable colleagues seem not only considerably insistent on selecting the Chief Executive and forming the Legislative Council by universal suffrage but also particularly insistent on the implementation of dual universal suffrage in 2012, lest that such an opportunity would never arise again if it is not implemented in that year.

In his speech the Chief Executive said, "I believe aspiring politicians must be people who hold onto virtues and values like justice, equality, freedom and democracy…… But this also presents the risk of being shackled by ideology.

Therefore, as far as this issue is concerned, I feel that we need not be so rigid as to talk about lawyers being right or wrong.

Yet it was fixated upon and continuously relied on to substantiate Professor Li’s and Mrs Law’s supposed attempts to disadvantage HKIEd, despite the additional considerations that neither Professor Li nor Mrs Law was directly involved in the calculation of student numbers and that the mistake was rectified after objection was raised.

Chairman, we do not mean to be so adamant on every issue, but regarding issues which would jeopardize the law-enforcement capability of the police or undermine their capability in combating crimes, we have to handle them with great care and caution.

Over the past 12 years, the tenacity of the Hong Kong people in their pursuit of conscience, democracy, freedom and the rule of law has been subject to constant challenges.

If we are resolved to defend the rule [...] [...]

If the Chief Executive really found it regrettable that there was a lack of room for rational discussions in Hong Kong, in fact, his prime task should be to task the Secretaries to establish a public service broadcasting organization independent of the Government at an early date and as soon as possible.

However, I believe that the steadfastness and will power of the public in campaigning for dual universal suffrage will not wane.

However, President, it is regrettable that as this legislation imposes restrictions on the request for information and creates constant uncertainties about the IPCC's appeals to public judgment, which will give rise to concerns about possible breaches of the law, and puts the persistence and perseverance of the police above the IPCC law, I beg your forgiveness for my not being able to support it.

At the same time, we also hope that they can understand a very important truth, and that is, Hong Kong has already been achieved reunification, and if our constitution has to be developed and to move forward, we need to build up communication and mutual trust with the Central Government.

It will merely provide an additional defence for law-abiding traders, particularly small and medium enterprises (SMEs), to enable them to prove that they are not engaging in unfair trade practices without the need to engage legal advisors to respond to the complaints lodged by relatively stubborn consumers.

Should it obstinately adhere to the dogma of "active non-intervention", it will only expose its passivity and incompetence before the public and be marginalized in the course of regional development and competition.

When a panel Judge handles an application before him and when there is a lack of protection accorded under the normal judicial procedures, the only thing we can rely upon is his own persistence in the rule of law.

A stable and harmonious society requires not only economic development but also improvement of the people's lot, and it also requires the pursuit of a democratic system and a system of rule of law, insistence on equality and justice, care for the disadvantaged, tolerance of dissidents and protection of the ecology.

Enforcement action would be taken out if analysis revealed that the fresh fruit contained preservative.

(h) (i) Where by virtue of this Ordinance any right or liability of First Pacific Bank becomes or is deemed to become a right or liability of Bank of East Asia, Bank of East Asia and all other persons shall, on and from the appointed day, have the same rights, powers and remedies (and in particular the same rights and powers as to taking or resisting legal proceedings or making or resisting applications to any authority) for ascertaining, perfecting or enforcing that right or liability as if it had at all times been a right or liability of Bank of East Asia; and any legal proceedings or application to any authority existing or pending immediately before the appointed day by or against First Pacific Bank may be continued by or against Bank of East Asia.

To reconcile the new law with the existing competition regulatory framework in the broadcasting and telecommunications sectors, the Bill provides that the Broadcasting Authority (BA) and the Telecommunications Authority (TA) will have concurrent jurisdiction with the Commission in respect of the investigation and bringing of enforcement proceedings of competition cases in the broadcasting and telecommunications sectors, while their existing adjudicative function will be transferred to the Tribunal.

The INEDs confirmed that the aforesaid connected transactions were entered into (a) in the ordinary and usual course of business of the Group; (b) either on normal commercial terms or on terms no less favourable to the Group than terms available to or from independent third parties; and (c) in accordance with the relevant agreements governing them on terms that are fair and reasonable and in the interests of the shareholders of the Company as a whole.

With the introduction of the interim constitution, an interim parliament has been constituted which presents new opportunities for working more closely with the government, particularly at the local levels.

Several challenges were encountered in the development of United Nations common country programmes: firstly, the domestic political situation, especially the growing concern over human rights issues and the government’s sensitivity on human rights, have made it very difficult to develop a common United Nations country programme for which UNCT and the government would have shared ownership; secondly, the profile of the donor community in Iran is very low and it has been very difficult to generate FIT resources and joint United Nations programming; and, thirdly, there is still reluctance and technical barriers among UNCT members to put together financial and human resources for joint activities.

The Meeting also called on all States Parties to recommit, even in difficult financial times, to realising a world without anti-personnel mines, where the rights of all are respected and where all women, girls, boys and men can live in dignity and prosperity.