Subject: Urgent: RESS INVITATION
RESS INVITATION
The SAR Government's
Emasculation of the Bill of Rights
The SAR Government has introduced a bill to the Provisional Legislative Council to repeal the provisions in the Hong Kong Bill of Rights Ordinance.
The Bill will probably has its Seconding and Third Readings this Wednesday.
The attempt is a serious attack on human rights protection in Hong Kong.
This is particular serious as it is done in spite of Article 39 of the Basic Law.
The Monitor will hold a press conference on the issue. You are invited to cover the conference. The details of the press conference are as follows:
Date: Tuesday, 24 February 1997
Time: 2 p.m.
Venue: Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor Office
Room 104, First Floor,
Corn Yan Centre,
3 Jupiter Street,
Fortress Hill, Hong Kong
(Next to Sing Pao Building; 5 minutes walk from Fortress Hill MTR Station)
Enquiries: 2811-4488 or 78891144 (Mr. LAW Yuk Kai)
HONG KONG HUMAN RIGHTS MONITOR
Chairperson: Paul Harris
Secretary: Patricia Ignarski
Founder Members:
Stephen Ng, John Kamm, Phillip Ross, Ho Hei Wah, Andrew Byrnes, Philip Dykes, Q.C., S.C., Charles Mok, Johannes Chan, Christine Loh
Director: Law Yuk Kai
HONG KONG HUMAN RIGHTS MONITOR
Room 104, First Floor, Corn Yan Centre, 3 Jupiter Street, North Point, Hong Kong
Phone: (852) 2811-4488
Fax: (852) 2802-6012
Email: HKHRM@HKNET.COM
Home page: MEMBERS.HKNET.COM/~HKHRM
Chairperson: Paul Harris
Secretary: Patricia Ignarski
Director: Law Yuk Kai
Executive officer: Lai Wing Yiu
Founder Members: Andrew Byrnes, Johannes Chan, Philip Dykes, Q.C., Ho Hei Wah, John Kamm, Christine Loh, Charles Mok, Stephen Ng, Phillip Ross
