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B/ MA Mandling; they how these and I wish to hel
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be
associated with the tribute so rightly paid hy the A Laday to the
hon.
Governor and others for the rema kable job they h done in difficult
times recently in Hong Kong and we would certainly like to echo the
is hope that good sense will prevail. Will ahe confirm t the process of
the pro
the law in Hong Kong and the proper dealg with these difficult
dros will not in any way be affected by external pressures?
MRS. HART : I think that it will h bn clear from
events of the last week or ten days that all of those arrested
perfectly for various offences during the disturbances that the/normal
processes of the law were followed in the reference XX to/thet of their being brought to court and in every other aspect of the way they
were treated In other words everything that would normally occur
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is occurring.
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MR. JAMES JOHNSON : I thank my h F for dealg with
this matter on a factual basis and I, too, Join her in expressing
admiration for what the police h done in Hong Kong and all down
the line. Is it not a fact t the Govt and the Governor h bn asked
for the last 12 months to do some thing to alleviate the economie
conditns as well as the workg conditns of the union members in
Hong Kong? Is it not a fact t if the Chinese pple in Hong Kong
were given more participation/^if not in the executive Council then in other ways,( in their affairs) and were allowed to h some
say in what is happeng some of this mischief would be stopped at th
the source?
MRS. HART: Amy h F may know, the aspect which he is raining todeing was very fully covered in the Adjnment debate initiated by my h the Member for Glasgow, Govan (Mr. Rahkin) not long before
the Whitsun Recess. There is at the moment a rpt on local govt in
Hong Kong being studied by all seatns of opinn in Hong Kon .I
expressed my views about that during the Adjnment debate, although
I believe that this is not directly related to the occurrences of recent
weeks