A TOP United Nations committee is expected to avoid making specific recommendations on how Hong Kong should continue reporting on human rights after 1997.
A draft report by the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on its recent hearings on Hong Kong only voiced concern over the issue, and stressed that this is an obligation which should be fulfilled.
But its recommendations could still be changed before the final version of the report is published this Friday.
Committee members said they are not in a good position to say what Britain and China should do for Hong Kong since the issue is one of sovereignty.
Although the draft report praised Hong Kong for its economic success and the Government's willingness to supply information, it also urged improvements in housing conditions, as well as action over discrimination against women and foreign workers.
'We cannot order China to do things, we can only suggest how they can. Also, we cannot interfere in the internal affairs of China,' said committee member Abdessatar Grissa.
