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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1988

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11TH JLG MEETING IN HK NEXT WEEK

GROUP

THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE ANNOUNCED THIS (WEDNESDAY) MORNING THAT THE 11TH MEETING OF THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT LIAISON ON HONG KONG WILL TAKE PLACE IN HONG KONG FROM DECEMBER 6 TO 9.

THE BRITISH TEAM WILL BE LED BY THE SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE, ROBIN MCLAREN (ASSISTANT UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE (ASIA), FCO).

MR

THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BRITISH TEAM WILL BE MR DONALD LIAO

HONG

MR KONG), (SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION,

DICK CLIFT (POLITICAL ADVISER, HONG KONG), MR CHRISTOPHER HUM (HEAD OF HONG KONG

AND DEPARTMENT, FCO)

MR DOUG MARTIN (COUNSELLOR, OFFICE OF THE BRITISH SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE, SINO-BRITISH JOINT LIAISON GROUP, KONG).

HONG

PROPOSAL TO REPEAL CLAUSE IN PUBLIC ORDER ORDINANCE

THE PUBLIC ORDER (AMENDMENT) BILL 1988, WHICH SEEKS ΤΟ REPEAL SECTION 27 OF THE PUBLIC ORDER ORDINANCE, WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE ON FRIDAY (DECEMBER 2) AND INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON DECEMBER 14, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT VARIOUS CONTROL PROVISIONS CONTROL OF PUBLICATIONS CONSOLIDATION ORDINANCE, INCLUDING TO SUPPRESS NEWSPAPERS, SEIZE PRINTING PRESSES ETC, WERE 1987 FOLLOWING A GOVERNMENT REVIEW.

UNDER THE THE POWER REPEALED IN

BANNED THE ALARM, WAS

"THE ONLY REMAINING CONTROL PROVISION, WHICH PUBLICATION OF FALSE NEWS LIKELY TO CAUSE PUBLIC TRANSFERRED FROM THE CONTROL OF PUBLICATIONS CONSOLIDATION ORDINANCE TO THE PUBLIC ORDER ORDINANCE.

"THE INTENTION WAS THAT THIS REMAINING PROVISION WOULD ONLY BE USED AS A LAST RESORT IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC INTEREST.

PUBLISHED

"TO UNDERLINE THIS POINT, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL LATER GUIDELINES THAT HE HAD ISSUED TO ALL PROSECUTING COUNSEL IN HIS CHAMBERS SETTING OUT HOW TO HANDLE POTENTIAL SECTION 27 CASES, SAID.

THE GOVERNMENT HAD BEEN CAREFULLY MONITORING THE EFFECTS THE NEW LEGISLATION. NO ONE HAD BEEN PROSECUTED UNDER SECTION 27.

HE

OF

/THE SPOKESMAN