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Press Extract from

"Times" 916-8-49.

POWER OF EXPULSION IN HONGKONG

RIGHT TO IMPOSE DEATH

PENALTY

FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT

HONGKONG, AUG. 15

A Bill to give power to expel undesir- ables from the colony will be introduced in the Legislative Council on Wednesday. It will not apply to British subjects, or to other persons who have resided in the colony for more than 10 years. Another Bill to be introduced on Wednesday will provide for the authorization of the death penalty for a number of offences hitherto punished by imprisonment.

In the Bill dealing with the expulsion of undesirables these are listed in 14 categories and include persons suspected of being likely to promote sedition or cause disturbance to public tranquillity, and those unable to support themselves. Expulsions may be ordered, after summary inquiry, by a magistrate or other competent authority appointed by the Governor, Camps will be set up for the examination of people arrested as suspected undesirables. An explanatory memorandum accompanying the Bill states that the colony has traditionally allowed free entry to all Chinese and that, in these circumstances and

M. Frey, Mayor of Strasbourg, presenting M high the freedom of the city at a ceremony Churchil is i

because of the incentive to enter which was presented while unrest prevailed in China, the colony now had a much bigger population than it could absorb.

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