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Sir,
UMELCO
DRAFT SPEECH BY HON. MARTIN LEE, LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL 11TH MARCH
PUBLIC ORDER AMENDMENT BILL 1986
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QC, JP 1987
2ND READING
this Bill.
I rise with sadness to oppose the second reading of
There is sadness in my heart because in the light of such strong public demands for a postponement of any further
reading of this Bill, the Administration has still declined to
move for an adjournment.
Sir, let me first declare my interest as one of the
legal advisers of the Hong Kong Journalists Association.
Today will go down in history as a very important
day for Hong Kong. It is either going to be a
a mournful day depending on how we vote.
glorious day or
The issue now before this Council is of fundamental
importance to all the people of Hong Kong because it affects
freedoms not only today, not only for the next 10 years, but also for the 50 years beyond
1997.
their
OMELCO