From The Minister of State
The Hon Francis Maude MP
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Bowen Wells Esq MP
House of Commons
LONDON SW1A OAA
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CIVIL LIBERTIES IN HONG KONG
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office
London SW1A 2AH
29 June 1990
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Thank you for your letter of 25 June, enclosing one from Mr Robert Archer on behalf of the Catholic Institute for International Relations and Hong Kong Link, about the prosecution of certain individuals in Hong Kong under the Summary Offences Ordinance.
As you will appreciate, these matters are sub judice, pending further court hearings, and for this reason I cannot comment on the particular circumstances of the specific cases quoted in Mr Archer's letter.
Although Mr Archer describes the relevant laws as "trivial", restrictions in Hong Kong on the use of loudspeakers and the collection of money in public are
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