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CONFIDENTIAL
n 18 December 1990
XCC (90) 187 Copy No..
MEMORANDUM FOR THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
COLLECTION OF POLITICAL DONATIONS
IN PUBLIC PLACES
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THE PROBLEM
collection of
To decide whether and if So how, political donations should be allowed in public places.
RECOMMENDATION AND ADVICE SOUGHT
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It is recommended that the existing restriction on the collection of political donations in public places should be relaxed to permit this to take place in certain confined public places such as stadia, the Hong Kong Coliseum, civic centres, town halls and community centres, where attendance is for a specific purpose.
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Members will be asked to advise whether this recommendation should be approved.
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BACKGROUND AND ARGUMENT Background
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On 27
November 1990, Members considered memorandum XCC (90) 171 which recommended, inter alia, that the existing restriction on the collection of political donations in public places should be relaxed to permit it in confined public places but not on the street. A copy of the memorandum is at
Annex A.
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Some Members expressed concern that the proposals regarding liberalisation of the rules on the collection of political donations in public places would give political in Hong Kong a much higher public profile at a time community was politically immature. It would be
introduce changes in three to four years time. the changes were likely to attract criticism from China and, for quite different reasons, from the international media and local liberal elements who would be likely to argue that the changes were not sufficiently liberal.
activities when the better to addition,
In
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