7. To reveal the identity of members of the Committee would
expose them to unnecessary personal risks. (See reply to Question
by Member for Richmond on 10 December, 1968).
Deportation and Detention Regulations
8. There are no persons at present detained under the
Emergency (Deportation and Detention) Regulations, which provide
for the detention of aliens pending their deportation.
9.
Attempts have been made in the past to deport aliens held under the Principal Emergency Regulations, but China has refused
to accept them.
Emergency Regulations Generally.
10. The majority of the Emergency Regulations now in force were
Some of introduced during Communist confrontation last year.
them have already been revoked (e.g. regulations dealing with
intimidation, the dispersal of assemblies and the prohibition
of meetings).