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LONG KONG
TELNO 1522
TO COMMONWEALTH OFFICE (STD)
10 OCT 1967
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TELEGRAM 2055 : PUBLIC ORDER DILL.
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APP.ECIATE YOUR CONCERN OVER CLAUSES 10, 15 AND 20 CCALLED LATER
CLASS 13).
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LUPOSE TO REPLACE LATER CLAUS20 16 AND 19 WITH CLAUSES 13, 20 MID 21 OF EARLIER DRAFT PUBLIC ORDER BILL APPROVED BY YOUR SAYING 1024 OF 21ST MAY 1964, SAVE THE WORDS MY PERSON TAXINS PART I SHOULD BE INSERTED AFTER FIRST WORD OF EARLIER CLAUSE 1903) AND PUNISHMENTS SHALL BE AS PROPOSED IN LATER CLAUSES!
18 AND 19.
LATER CLAUSE 26 TO BE AMENDED AS SUGGESTED IN YOUR PARAGRAPH
4 DY REPLACING FIRST TWO LINES BY FOLLOWING:-
''WNERS THERE IS AN UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY AND ANY PERSON IN SUCH
ASSEMBLY DOES.
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4. ALSO PROPOSE TO AMEND LATER CLAUSE 28(2) BY DELETING
FORMS PART OF OR JOINS'
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5. PROPOSE INTRODUCE BILL INTO LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON 1ST NOVEMBER, GRATEFUL FOR APPROVAL TO ABOVE AMENDMENTS WHICH CAN BE
MOVED AT COMMITTEE STAGE OF BILL.
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WE STILL HAVE DOUBT AS TO WHETHER REVISED DRAFT WILL MEET OUR REQUIREMENTS IN EVENT OF RENEWAL OF RIOTING ON SERIOUS SCALE FOR REASONS SET OUT IN MY SAVINGRAM 1516 OF 11TH AUGUST 1967. IF EVENTS SHOW THIS TO BE NECESSARY, I SHOULD WANT TO PASS EMERGENCY LEGISLATION TO PRODUCE EFFECT OF THE CLAUSES OF WHICH YOU DISAPPROVE.
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