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FM UKREP JLG HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 86
OF 18020OZ APRIL 91
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HKC241/5
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, PEKING
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24 AVR 1991
HONG KONG TELNO 1060 BILL OF RIGHTS
TOP C er
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115772
MDLIAN 4244
Rom 1914
1. THE LIST OF ORDINANCES IN TUR INCLUDES SOME OF THE MOST SENSITIVE FROM THE CHINESE POINT OF VIEW. INDEED THEY HAVE IN THE PAST URGED US TO MAKE USE OF SOME OF THE POWERS IN THEM TO CONTROL ACTIVITIES NOT TO THEIR LIKING. I THINK IT LIKELY THAT THE LIST WILL BE SEEN BY THEM AS CONFIRMATION THAT ONE OF THE PURPOSES OF THE BILL OF RIGHTS IS TO DO AWAY WITH LEGISLATION WHICH THEY REGARD AS NECESSARY FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF LAW AND ORDER IN THE SARG.
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