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23 March 1993
BY FAX
Mr J Leung
HKCC 246/
1 APR 1993
AS (CA) 4A
DESK OFFICER
INDEX
CAB
PA
RECISTRY Avion Taken
Foreign & Commonwealth
Office
124611
London SW1A 2AH
Telephone: 071-
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HONG KONG,
Dear Mr Leung,
ARTICLE XIX REPORT ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IN HONG KONG
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Article XIX
1.
The above report (para 4.1) refers particularly to the Emergency Regulations Ordinance as one law which should be heavily revised in order to avoid potential conflict with the Bill of Rights. I imagine this Ordinance is already one of the principal objects of the current review of legislation with human rights implications. I wonder if you could just confirm this, so that I can respond to an enquiry from our legal advisers on the point. If you have a list of
the legislation currently under review to hand, a copy of that would also be very useful, for future reference.
2.
Many thanks for your help.
Yans
Jonathan Masall
J N Marshall
Hong Kong Department
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