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OCMIAN 9798
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YOUR TELNO 81: PUBLIC MEETING IN SUPPORT OF THE DEMOCRACY IN
CHINA CAMPAIGN
1.
THANK YOU FOR THIS ADVANCE WARNING. WE SHARE YOUR VIEW
THAT THERE ARE NO VALID GROUNDS TO DISALLOW THIS MEETING. INDEED
IN VIEW OF PARAS 1 AND 4 OF TUR AND THE TERMS OF SECTION 9 OF THE
PUBLIC ORDER ORDINANCE, IT WOULD SEEM TO BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR
YOU NOW TO DO SO. IN VIEW OF PARA 6 WE WOULD HOWEVER SEE MERIT
IN YOUR INFORMING NCNA IN ADVANCE, AS A COURTESY, OF WHAT IS TO
TAKE PLACE, AND REMINDING THEM OF THE LEGAL PROVISIONS WITHIN
WHICH HKG ARE OBLIGED TO CONSIDER SUCH NOTIFICATIONS OF PUBLIC
MEETINGS.
HOWE
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