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HKB C12/3
CONFIDENTIAL
29 OCT 1981
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FROM: N J Cox
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Hong Kong Department
DATE: 29 October 1991
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Sir J Coles
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Mr Burns
PS/Lord Caithness
Mr Davies, FED
Ms Barrett,
Legal Advisers
Content not to stand in the
My
concerns.
I still way of the you but I have do not this there is good enough evidence to warat the
off is good eat exceed on
practical but not essential.
INTRODUCTION OF AMENDMENTS TO THE PÚBLIC ORDER ORDINANCE
changes. They
Problem
are
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Should Hong Kong now introduce their proposed amendments
to the Public Order Ordinance?
1.
Recommendation
A
2. That we should agree the proposals but that UKREP JLG
should brief the Chinese before they become public
knowledge. I submit a draft telegram.
Background and Argument
3.
In May, with very short notice, Hong Kong asked us to
agree that they should introduce into the Legislative Council amendments to the Public Order Ordinance (POO), concerning public meetings and processions. Certain POO
provisions were too cumbersome and inflexible for the Police
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