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This is especially true for older persons, who are often perceived as a “lapsed” segment of society and are particularly vulnerable to infringements of their right to health.

Japan’s authoritarian political tradition was not altogether outdated and needed not to be destroyed.

For these reasons, Chairman, I very much want to point out that this concept is outdated, for Hong Kong people having different needs are not treated as family members.

It is actually quite an outdated concept that historical incidents yet to have a with "historic conclusion" should not be recorded, taught and treated as an examination topic.

The Advisory Committee noted The Mission’s newly established and enhanced preventive maintenance measures, standardization of information technology and communications infrastructure, better use of warranty services and replacement of aged and technologically obsolete equipment would result in a further reduction in the requirement for information technology spare parts from 5 per cent of total inventory value in 2008/09 to 3 per cent of estimated total inventory value in 2009/10.

However, due to the LED lighting product technology of high-speed update, on the one hand, the cycle of product standards couldn't catch up with the speed of technology development, forming a lack of standard and lag phenomenon, in the restrict technological innovation achievement rapid diffusion at the same time, also causes the product quality supervision problem; On the other hand the formulation of standards revision process links, from the draft and the release of the implementation cycle is long, the part of the index and even face standard is behind The Times on the situation, the user to LED product quality lack of scientific evaluation basis, market competition, the product quality is the good and bad are intermingled, and have restricted the healthy development of the LED industry.

Our decision here today also takes a step towards restoring the faith of those Member States, including mine, that often regard the United Nations as an anachronistic body resistant to organizational reform and innovation.

Unfortunately, just as the favourite excuse of government officials goes when they choose not to co-operate with this Council, Hong Kong is an exceptional place, but I am afraid, it is in terms of the development of special education in Hong Kong that has been exceptionally slow, with exceptionally meagre resources and an exceptionally outdated service provision system.

As a matter of fact, apart from the problem of the Scheme's feasibility, there is a lot of controversies surrounding the sewage disposal project, especially the effluent treatment employed in the Scheme which is halfway between primary and secondary treatments.

If the Council’s composition was outdated and a poor reflection of geopolitical realities in 1993, that is obviously even more the case today.

The veto is an anachronistic and anti-democratic privilege that should be eliminated as soon as possible.

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Major communication problems still remain in many parts of the globe; lack of access to information and communication sources; the marginalization of minorities and the poor in national communication processes; inappropriate and obsolete communication; the need for training and further training in the different communication fields.

There is now a need to set down a new mode of environmental management, for it is already out-dated to rely solely on administrative directives. We need to employ an incentive mechanism whereby financial means can be used to raise the initiative of enterprises.

I hope the SAR Government can increase its support for the industry and help the industry rid itself of the impression it being backward and failing to catch up with the times among the people.