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". – Mr President, as I have already informed you, I would like to speak on a procedural matter, namely, why we should add another section to this report. Firstly, I wish to thank all my colleagues in the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy for their cooperation in producing this report. It is important that the European Parliament continue to monitor developments in Hong Kong and this report provides an important update on many issues, not least on Article 23, the proposed anti-sedition legislation, on which we passed a resolution in December 2002. The report assesses the current developments in the areas of institutional development, the rule of law, human rights, the economy, environment and EU-Hong Kong cooperation.
However, after the report was debated and voted on in the Committee on Foreign Affairs, there was an outbreak of the acute respiratory disease, SARS. Although the outbreak was debated in the plenary last night there will be no resolution on the subject. Given the fact that there have been over twenty deaths and almost one thousand recorded cases of the disease in Hong Kong, it is appropriate that the report should refer to this problem.
I would therefore like to propose an oral amendment, the text of which Members have in front of them. I look to their support and cooperation in this regard."@en1
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