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PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION
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U* Mr. Anthony Royle (Richmond, Surrey): To ask
the secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he is aware that prisoners convicted and persons detained following the 1967 disturbances in Hong Kong, recently visited by the honourable Member for Richmond, Surrey, had no complaints about their conditions of imprisonment; if he is satisfied that the prisoners are working daily in the prison workshops and that the four detainees are allowed regulār visits from their families, and periods of exercise; and if he will make a statement.
དེང་ཨ་༠འཨ་༡ རིགཅན་
17 February, 1969.
The
I am sure that honourable Members will be glad to have
this first-hand information. My right honourable Friend is
satisfied that the conditions under which these persons are
confined give no grounds for serious criticism.
prisoners go about their daily tasks, whether in the prison
workshops or elsewhere; they are allowed all normal
privileges such as regular visits from relatives and friends,
access to the prison library and to send and receive letters.
The four detainees are allowed regular visits from their
families and periods of exercise; visitors may bring them
clothing, reading matter, cigarettes and fruit. Although
they are not required to do any work, detainees receive the
same prison diet as working prisoners, as well as certain
supplements. They can also send and receive an unlimited
quantity of mail.
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