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The LegCo Reporter
2004-2005
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Issue No. 18 (5 May 2005)
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At its meeting on 4 May 2005, the Legislative Council passed the following two resolutions:
At the same meeting, the Council passed the following two motions with no legislative effect:
| (1) | Motion on "Reviewing the protection of wages on insolvency system", moved by Hon Jasper TSANG Yok-sing as amended by Hon Andrew CHENG Kar-foo
"That this Council urges the Government to expeditiously review the protection of wages on insolvency system and related legislation, streamline the application procedures for the Protection of Wages on Insolvency Fund, and step up prosecution against those employers who deliberately default on payment of wages to their employees, so as to safeguard employees' rights and benefits and prevent abuse of the Protection of Wages on Insolvency Fund by employers."
| | (2) | Motion on "Opposing Japan's textbooks distorting history", moved by Hon LAU Kong-wah as amended by Hon Albert HO Chun-yan and further amended by Hon James TIEN Pei-chun
"That this Council strongly condemns the recent approval by Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of the history textbooks for secondary schools written by a right-wing group, which brazenly distort the historical facts of Japan's invasion of its neighbouring countries during the Second World War and embellish Japan's acts of aggression, and also strongly demands the Japanese Government to fulfil its post-war responsibilities, i.e. totally abandoning militarism, facing up to the historical facts, disclosing all the information on the war crimes it committed when invading its neighbouring countries during the Second World War, compiling history textbooks that are faithful to historical facts, ceasing to pay official homage to the Yasukuni Shrine, making its sincere confession and apologies to the countries and people who were subjected to its invasion during the Second World War, and offering reasonable compensation to the war crimes victims; and, until the Japanese Government has fulfilled the above responsibilities, this Council resolutely opposes Japan becoming a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), and urges the Government of the SAR to request the Central Government to exercise its right of veto to forestall Japan becoming a permanent member of the UNSC; furthermore, this Council also strongly demands that, to totally abandon militarism, the Japanese Government should cease the unlawful occupation of the Diaoyutai Islands and the oil and natural gas fields in the East China Sea which are within the territory of our country."
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