C Leeks Esq
HKD
FCO
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BRITISH EMBASSY
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Dear Clinton,
HELT
2 5 MAR 1987
mek
26013
Your reference
Our reference
Date
24 March 1987
helter seat
PA 301/1
CC. 25/3
HONG KONG : PRESS FREEDOM
1. Are you able to let us have any guidance, please, on the apparent restrictions on press freedom in Hong Kong enshrined in a proposed amendment to the Public Order Ordinance. (Forgive me if I have got the technicalities wrong.) One or two French newspapers have picked up stories on this, and I have been asked about it by a Quai contact. I should like to be able to set the record straight.
Your eve
Nigel.
N J Cox