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provisions now being transferred from the Emergency Regulations to the permanent law of the Colony would be unusual or unique features of permanent legislation
in a British Colony; and let us also formulate the
need and justification for the retention of those
particular provisions in the circumstances of Hong
Kong. In this connection there does seem to me to be
some merit in indicating whether any provisions which
we feel might attract criticism were introduced in
1967, or have been a feature of Hong Kong legislation
for much longer. I emphasise that I am not seeking to
alter what is being done, which on my reading of these papers seems to me entirely right. My purpose is simply to ensure that Ministers have brought to their
attention any unusual features which might be the
subject of criticism in Parliament, or the press here,
or on the part of bodies such as Justice, etc., together with the justification for the retention of those
particular provisions.
Copies to
Mr. Moreton
Mr. Carter
ANY.
(A.N. Galsworthy)
17th March, 1969