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CONCERNED SEMICOLON AND ITS STABILITY AND PROSPERITY EPEND ON THE
MAINTENANCE OF AN ORDERLY AND PEACEFUL SOCIETY. WITH PARTICULAR
REFERENCE TO THE MORE RECENT VIEWS EXPRESSED BY THE CHINESE
GOVERNMENT ON HONG KONG, THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT WISH TO MAKE THEIR
POLICIES COMPLETELY CLEAR. IT HAS BEEN THE CONSISTENT POLICY OF THE
BRITISH GOVERNMENT TO ENSURE THAT ALL SECTIONS OF THE HONG KONG
COMMUNITY ENJOY THE RIGHT TO LIVE AND WORK FREELY WITHIN THE
NORMAL FRAMEWORK OF LAW AND ORDER. THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT DO NOT
FAVOUR, DISCRIMINATE AGAINST, OR PERSECUTE ANY S.CTION OF HONG
KONG SOCIETY, AND THEY RECOGNISE THE RIGHT OF ALL HONG KONG
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RESIDENTS TO FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION WITHIN THE LAW. THIS INCLUDES
THE PERSONAL RIGHT T STUDY THE WORKS OF CHAIRMAN MAO TSE TUNG AND
THE RIGHT. TO ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STUDY
PROVIDED THAT THEY ARE WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE LAW, WHICH
PROVIDES PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS OF ALL PERSONS WITHOUT DISCRIMIN-
ATION.
4.
THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT RECOGNISE THAT I THE LIGHT OF RECENT
EVENTS THE POSITION OF CERTAIN CATEGORIES OF PERSONS NOW SERVING
PRISON SENTENCES IN HON KONG MAY BE OF SPECIAL INTEREST TO THE
C P G. THE RELEASE OF PRISONERS BEFORE THE NORMAL EXPIRY OF THEIR
SENTENCE WOULD PRESENT SERIOUS DIFFICULTIES SEMICOLON THESE
DIFFICULTIES WOULD BE ESPECIALLY GREAT IN REGARD TO THE RELEASE IN
HONG KONG OF THE PERSONS CONCERNED. HOWEVER, THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT
ARE PREPARED TO CONSIDER THE POSSIBILITY OF ALLOWING CERTAIN OF
THESE PRISONERS, WITH THE AGREEMENT OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT,
GO. TO CHINA TO RESIDE.
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5. THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT ALSO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO POINT
OUT THAT IT IS ALWAYS OPEN TO INDIVIDUALS WHO BELIEVE THEMSELVES
TO HAVE BEEN WRONGFULLY INJURE. OR HEIR PROPERTY TO HAVE BEEN
WRONGFULLY DAMAGED TO SEEK REDRESS BY NORMAL LEGAL PROCESS.
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