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The representative of Belgium expressed a feeling of disappointment and shame that some delegations had hidden behind procedural tactics, instead of voting on substance.

Rather than following explicit government directives, they are more likely to use government policies to justify decisions they

Through its practice of deferring to regional organisations’ policy on issues within their regions,343 China uses ASEAN as a shield against taking more robust action against Myanmar.

Global experiences illustrate that religious and cultural practices are often used as justification for inequality, discrimination, acts of violence, and the ensuing competing rights claims that result in a violation of women’s human rights.

I hope this time the Government will not sidestep the issue, by trying to hide behind the Basic Law, and that is no hiding place as long as freedom is not defined.

Therefore, had the Commissioner of Police taken the initiative to state that the information should be provided, I would not have claimed that he used the legal professional privilege as a shield.

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Insofar as maintaining harmony is concerned, some people like to use this as a shield. But may I remind them one point: If we lack common core values and targets to strive for as the ultimate direction for social development, how can harmony be established?

If the Governor really respects democracy, he should not hide behind the shield of the Royal Instructions.

At this time, on the very specific issue of global unemployment that is exploding before our eyes, we must unite our efforts, our compassion and our dedication to reverse the tsunami that is washing away the rights of every individual — and especially of young people — to have a decent paying job.

The only contribution of the CPU is that it has become the shield of the SAR Government to do nothing at all.

Regrettably, these departments have not only refused to accept the responsibility, but have even tried to shift the blame onto one another, shielding themselves behind the very plausible excuse that the Stadium should be “selffinancing”.

Why did these politically appointed officials take refuge behind civil servants when they were most needed to assist in negotiations?

Besides, following the inauguration of the new airport, aircraft noise along the new flight paths has led to lots of problems, but instead of taking any steps to address these problems, the Government has all along resorted to the 25 contour (NEF) as a defence, refusing to review and tackle the problems caused by flight path noises to people.

This was why the NPCSC must make this decision in December 2007, so that in the 2008 election, the pro-establishment camp could use this timetable provided by the NPC as a "shield", telling the public that there was a timetable and so, it would be unnecessary to argue any further over 2007, 2008 or 2012, because it was already decided to be 2017.

If the Government can be more open in this and stop using consultancy reports as a means to shield itself from blames and accusations, and if it can take on board more views from the academics and experts, then the same amount of public money can certainly be spent in a more cost-effective manner, our environment will have been improved by a much greater extent and our employment opportunities will have been increased also by a much greater extent.

We think that there is a close tie between travelling expenses and people's livelihood and the Government should certainly not use the "big market, small government" policy as a shield, overlooking the appeals of the grassroots for reduced travelling expenses. Precisely because of that, after proposing a motion on "Alleviating the burden of travelling expenses" last year, I have again proposed a similar motion this year in the hope that the Government would address the issue squarely.

The group remained at the main entrance of the Mission for nearly 20 minutes, thus blocking the free passage of Cuban personnel and interfering in the performance of the Mission, at hours when the Cuban diplomatic staff is returning to the Mission’s building, after working in the United Nations Headquarters, or leaving to go home.

So, do not use those senior civil servants with a high pay or senior executives as a shield, because these high salary earners are normally exempted from the requirements in law.

The Government has said that it does not have any external anti-smoking policy and is now using that as its pretext. However, the very lack of an external anti-smoking policy actually reflects the fact that our anti-smoking policy is not quite complete, and that it should be appropriately complemented at once.

But regrettably, the Government has maintained an attitude of indifference by using free market as its "protective shield", allowing prices to be led by the market, ignoring the plight of the grassroots, and continuing to allow the free market to do whatever it wants and exploit the people.

Take the merger of the two railway corporations as an example, members of the public have all along been hoping that the fares of the two railways will be reduced and that the construction of the Shatin to Central Link (SCL) will be expedited, however, all along, the SAR Government has put up the merger as the golden shield: the merger of the two railway corporations must be accomplished before a fare reduction will be possible, otherwise, the latter will be out of the question.

Prominent among these developments is the seemingly unrelenting globalization process marked by the phenomenal growth and spread in communication and information technologies (ICTs), especially Internet and advances in software and multimedia applications.

On issues concerning the right of the public to monitor railway fares, the hidden subsidy in the right to estate development along the railway line, the bargaining power of the Government over the future development of railways and even the relevant subsidiary legislation or request for the provision of toilets, and so on, the future railway corporation may use "market operation" and "free market" as the shield.

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