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PQ BY DONALD ANDERSON MP: PUBLIC ORDER (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE
1. MR ANDERSON HAS PUT DOWN THE FOLLOWING PQ FOR WRITTEN ANSWER
ON 10 APRIL:
QUOTE TO ASK THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS, WHAT RERESENTATIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED ABOUT THE HONG
KONG LAW ABOUT THE PUBLICATION OF FALSE NEWS: AND WHAT
CONSULTATIONS HAVE BEEN HELD WITH THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT ON THE
SUBJECT UNQUOTE.
2. WE SHALL RECOMMEND THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE IN REPLY SHOULD
REFER TO MR RENTON'S REPLY TO MR ROBERT ATKINS MP ON 3 APRIL (OUR TELNO 946) THE FINAL VERSION OF WHICH WAS AS FOLLOWS:
QUOTE WE HAVE RECEIVED A NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THIS
ORDINANCE. IN REPLY WE HAVE MADE CLEAR THAT WHILE THIS IS
PRIMARILY A MATTER FOR THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT, WE SUPPORT THE
ACTION THEY HAVE TAKEN. THE LEGISLATION PASSED BY A LARGE
MAJORITY IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF HONG KONG ON 11 MARCH
INCLUDED THE REPEAL OF A NUMBER OF STRINGENT PROVISIONS OF THE
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