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As a further demonstration of the very restricted nature of this provision and the care with which it will be applied, the Attorney General has just taken the unusual step of publishing the guidelines for his Chambers will use when considering prosecutions under this section. This step will I hope go some way to allay any concern that the provision might place an unwarranted constraint on the freedom of the press or others to publish news which they believe to be true.
While I have been asked to say that the
Government does not see a case for an immediate review of Section 27 of the Public Order (Amendment) Ordinance, I can assure you that we shall be monitoring its effects very carefully.
b.c.c.
Yours faithfully,
(P.K. Y. Tsao)
Secretary for Administrative Services and Information
DIS (with a copy of Ir. Shum Choi-sang's letter) ASIB/I LM 2019/87
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