From The Minister of State afe
Peter Blaker MP MI
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
London SW1A 2AH
17 July 1979
James Johnson Esq MP House of Commons
LONDON SW1A OAA
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Dear Tim,
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Thank you for your letter of 3 July enclosing a further letter from Mrs Elsie Elliott, together with a press cutting.
The letter concerns the powers of the Hong Kong police under the Public Order Ordinance. As you may have seen from the Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary's reply to a question from Lord Brockway on 24 May, a review is in hand of the provisions of this Ordinance relating to public meetings and processions. I will let you know the outcome of that review when I hear it.
The Hong Kong Government have been asked for their comments on the matters raised in the newspaper article and I will write again when they have been received.
In the meantime I am returning the enclosures to
your letter.
Your
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