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CRC/C/SR.315-343/Corrigendum
3 August 1998
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Summary records of the 315th to 343rd meetings
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CRC/C/SR.315-343/Corrigendum
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Summary Record
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Convention Abbreviation:
CRC
COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD
Thirteenth session
SUMMARY RECORDS OF THE 315th TO 343rd MEETINGS
Held at the Palais des Nations, Geneva
from 23 September to 11 October 1996
Corrigendum
The present document contains the corrections received from members of the Committee, delegations and the Secretariat applying to the English text of the summary records of the meetings of the Committee on the Rights of the Child at its thirteenth session (CRC/C/SR.315-343).
With the issuance of the present corrigendum, the summary records of the above-mentioned meetings are to be considered final.
329th meeting
Paragraph 22, last sentence
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One of the areas where legislation was currently under review was adoption.
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system
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courts
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English common law system and had the same standards as lawyers and judges in the United Kingdom.
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Social Welfare Advisory Committee
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Working Group on Child Abuse
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funded
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provided assistance to
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Hong Kong universities
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universities in Hong Kong
330th meeting
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would
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might
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primarily to assist parents who could not look after their children during the day. No penalties existed for parents whose child suffered an accident,
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Regarding respect for privacy, he
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in camera
and that children's names were not divulged. He regretted that it was not possible to apply the provisions of the Convention fully to Vietnamese children in detention centres. The situation in the centres would inevitably compromise privacy. Finally, he was happy to announce that a bill to create an independent police complaint authority was expected to
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Chinese nationality upon transfer of sovereignty. Under an Order in Council made in 1996, all British Dependent Territory citizens by virtue of a connection with Hong Kong could
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could request British Nationals (Overseas) status
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would become a British (Overseas) citizen
Paragraph 20, first sentence
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A public consultation exercise conducted in 1991 had revealed the reservations of the public regarding the imposition of criminal penalties on parents who left their children unattended.
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assistance
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to prevent the problem
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cases of violence to be dealt with
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new spouse-battering cases
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subsequently
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recommendations
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urban environment
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evaluated
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Children's Protection Service
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Child Protective Services Unit
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Twenty-five additional clinical psychologists had recently been added to the Child Protective Services Unit, which assisted children
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62 special schools
331st meeting
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Last sentence: replace the existing text by the following:
While the causes of suicide among children were multifaceted, family matters appeared to be the major underlying causes.
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establishment of the Preparatory Committee on Chinese Medicine. The Committee was currently studying the regulation, promotion and development of traditional Chinese medicine with a view to advising the Hong Kong Government on the details of implementation.
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qualify for such a position, a person had to be healthy, be willing to serve the elderly and the infirm, be able to read and write basic Chinese, and have completed at least primary education.
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keenly sought after. The Government was taking steps to meet the objective of increasing the number of graduates in the teaching profession. At present, the salary scale for graduate teachers at the basic rank in public-sector schools was between 19,000 and 41,000 Hong Kong dollars per month, which was comparable to the salaries offered by other professions.
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White Paper
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on rehabilitation
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established in 1995, provided students with information about sex, self-care and individual responsibility in reproductive health.
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One difficulty was that the triggers for the suicides were varied and did not reflect the underlying causes.
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had probably constituted significant secondary problems in 10 cases. The majority of fatal cases had ended their lives by jumping from high buildings. As far as the role of
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team basis
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whole-school level
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1993 to 1,773 in 1995
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the 1993/94 school year to 1,773 in the 1994/95 school year
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mainly
Paragraph 34
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described, there were a number of hotlines run by both the Social Welfare Department and NGOs which children could call and which gave them the opportunity to seek assistance anonymously. When children showed signs of distress, social work or psychological counselling and other intervention could be provided as follow-up. Sex education was not a mandatory part of the
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education
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in-service training
Paragraph 36, last sentence
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Parent-teacher associations were very common in Hong Kong schools.
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acutely
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conscious of the need not to overburden children and therefore advised schools not to assign excessive homework. One problem was that some parents might make arrangements for additional tuition for their
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having problems had come forward, either on their own or through referrals by teachers. He did not think there was any stigma of the sort that inhibited students from seeking help.
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Chinese
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community
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if they were going to be returned to China
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