E/C.12/1/Add.107 page 14 98. The Committee urges HKSAR to strengthen its efforts to combat poverty and social exclusion, in particular with regard to disadvantaged and marginalized groups and older persons. The Committee also recommends the State party to adopt an official poverty line, which would enable the State party to define the extent of poverty and to monitor and evaluate progress in alleviating poverty. The Committee requests that the State party provide, in its next periodic report, disaggregated and comparative annually collected data on the number of people living in poverty, on the progress made in reducing the incidence of poverty, and on the impact, if any, that the newly-established Commission on Poverty has had on the issue of poverty in HKSAR. 99. The Committee urges the State party to continue its efforts to improve its health services, inter alia, through the allocation of adequate and increased resources. The Committee recommends HKSAR to consider revising the current list of subsidized drugs to meet the needs of the chronically and mentally ill. The Committee encourages the State party to submit in its next periodic report annually collected comparative data, disaggregated by sex, age and urban/rural residence, paying particular attention to disadvantaged and marginalized groups. 100. The Committee recommends HKSAR to develop a comprehensive sexual and reproductive health programme, including a public awareness-raising campaign about safe contraceptive methods. The Committee also calls upon HKSAR to introduce education on sexual and reproductive health in the school curriculum. 101. The Committee urges HKSAR to amend its legislation to provide for the right to education of all school-age children in its jurisdiction, including children of migrants without the legal right to remain in HKSAR. 102. The Committee encourages HKSAR to ensure that human rights education is provided in schools at all levels and to raise awareness of human rights, in particular economic, social and cultural rights, among State officials and the judiciary. III. MACAO SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION (MSAR) B. Positive aspects 103. The Committee welcomes the assurance that the Covenant may be directly invoked before domestic courts in MSAR, and that there have been specific decisions of domestic courts in which reference has been made to the Covenant and its provisions. 104. The Committee welcomes the assurance provided by MSAR that the Office of the Ombudsman has the mandate to receive complaints on violations of economic, social and cultural rights. 105. The Committee commends MSAR for the establishment of a special unit within the Social Welfare Institute offering assistance to victims of domestic violence. 106. The Committee welcomes the planned enactment of legislation to protect the rights of children, specifically aimed at protecting their rights and interests.

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