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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 1994

"A REPORT WILL BE MADE TO THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS AND HE WILL DECIDE ON WHETHER THERE IS SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE FOR PROSECUTION.

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"THE QUESTION OF DISCIPLINARY ACTION WILL BE CONSIDERED FOLLOWING A DECISION ON WHETHER PROSECUTIONS ARE TO BE LAUNCHED.

"THE REPORT IS THE PRODUCT OF TWO MONTHS' HARD WORK. THE JPS HAVE FULLY DISCHARGED THEIR TERMS OF REFERENCE AND WE ARE GRATEFUL TO MR LI AND PROFESSOR TODD FOR A REPORT WHICH PROVIDES CLEAR DIRECTIONS FOR THE FUTURE."

COPIES OF THE REPORT IN ENGLISH WILL BE AVAILABLE PUBLIC AT DISTRICT OFFICES' PUBLIC ENQUIRY COUNTERS FROM (THURSDAY),

THE CHINESE AND VIETNAMESE VERSIONS OF THE REPORT PUBLISHED AS SOON AS THE TRANSLATION WORK HAS BEEN COMPLETED.

TO THE TOMORROW

WILL

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JOINT LIAISON GROUP TO MEET NEXT WEEK

THE

29TH

GROUP ON

MEETING OF THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT LIAISON HONG KONG WILL TAKE PLACE IN HONG KONG FROM JUNE 21 TO 23.

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THE BRITISH TEAM WILL BE LED BY THE SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE, DAVIES.

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THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BRITISH TEAM WILL BE MR ALAN (COUNSELLOR, OFFICE OF THE BRITISH SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE, SINO-BRITISH JOINT LIAISON GROUP), MR NICHOLAS NG (SECRETARY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS, HONG KONG GOVERNMENT), MR ROBERT PEIRCE (POLITICAL ADVISER, HONG KONG) AND MR SHERARD COWPER-COLES (HEAD OF HONG KONG DEPARTMENT IN THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE).

PROTECTION OF TRADING INTERESTS BILL

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THE GOVERNMENT PROPOSES TO LOCALISE A UK ENACTMENT APPLICABLE TO HONG KONG, WHICH PROVIDES PROTECTION FOR HONG KONG BUSINESSMEN COMPANIES AGAINST DEMANDS PLACED ON THEM BY FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS COURTS WHICH OVERSTEP THE JURISDICTIONAL LIMITS NORMALLY ACCEPTED THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY.

AND BY

THE PROTECTION OF TRADING INTERESTS BILL, WHICH WILL BE GAZETTED ON FRIDAY (JUNE 17), REPEALS AND REPLICATES WITH MINOR CHANGES THE PROVISIONS OF THE PROTECTION OF TRADING INTERESTS ACT 1980 (HONG KONG) ORDER 1990 (THE 1990 ORDER).

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