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CONCERNED SEMICOLON AND ITS STABILITY AND PROSPERITY EPEND ON THE

MAINTENANCE OF AN ORDERLY AND PEACEFUL SOCIETY. WITH PARTICULAR

REFERENCE TO THE MORE RECENT VIEWS EXPRESSED BY THE CHINESE

GOVERNMENT ON HONG KONG, THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT WISH TO MAKE THEIR

POLICIES COMPLETELY CLEAR. IT HAS BEEN THE CONSISTENT POLICY OF THE

BRITISH GOVERNMENT TO ENSURE THAT ALL SECTIONS OF THE HONG KONG

COMMUNITY ENJOY THE RIGHT TO LIVE AND WORK FREELY WITHIN THE

NORMAL FRAMEWORK OF LAW AND ORDER. THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT DO NOT

FAVOUR, DISCRIMINATE AGAINST, OR PERSECUTE ANY S.CTION OF HONG

KONG SOCIETY, AND THEY RECOGNISE THE RIGHT OF ALL HONG KONG

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RESIDENTS TO FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION WITHIN THE LAW. THIS INCLUDES

THE PERSONAL RIGHT T STUDY THE WORKS OF CHAIRMAN MAO TSE TUNG AND

THE RIGHT. TO ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STUDY

PROVIDED THAT THEY ARE WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE LAW, WHICH

PROVIDES PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS OF ALL PERSONS WITHOUT DISCRIMIN-

ATION.

4.

THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT RECOGNISE THAT I THE LIGHT OF RECENT

EVENTS THE POSITION OF CERTAIN CATEGORIES OF PERSONS NOW SERVING

PRISON SENTENCES IN HON KONG MAY BE OF SPECIAL INTEREST TO THE

C P G. THE RELEASE OF PRISONERS BEFORE THE NORMAL EXPIRY OF THEIR

SENTENCE WOULD PRESENT SERIOUS DIFFICULTIES SEMICOLON THESE

DIFFICULTIES WOULD BE ESPECIALLY GREAT IN REGARD TO THE RELEASE IN

HONG KONG OF THE PERSONS CONCERNED. HOWEVER, THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT

ARE PREPARED TO CONSIDER THE POSSIBILITY OF ALLOWING CERTAIN OF

THESE PRISONERS, WITH THE AGREEMENT OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT,

GO. TO CHINA TO RESIDE.

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5. THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT ALSO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO POINT

OUT THAT IT IS ALWAYS OPEN TO INDIVIDUALS WHO BELIEVE THEMSELVES

TO HAVE BEEN WRONGFULLY INJURE. OR HEIR PROPERTY TO HAVE BEEN

WRONGFULLY DAMAGED TO SEEK REDRESS BY NORMAL LEGAL PROCESS.

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