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PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION

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U* Mr. Anthony Royle (Richmond, Surrey): To ask

the secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he is aware that prisoners convicted and persons detained following the 1967 disturbances in Hong Kong, recently visited by the honourable Member for Richmond, Surrey, had no complaints about their conditions of imprisonment; if he is satisfied that the prisoners are working daily in the prison workshops and that the four detainees are allowed regulār visits from their families, and periods of exercise; and if he will make a statement.

དེང་ཨ་༠འཨ་༡ རིགཅན་

17 February, 1969.

The

I am sure that honourable Members will be glad to have

this first-hand information. My right honourable Friend is

satisfied that the conditions under which these persons are

confined give no grounds for serious criticism.

prisoners go about their daily tasks, whether in the prison

workshops or elsewhere; they are allowed all normal

privileges such as regular visits from relatives and friends,

access to the prison library and to send and receive letters.

The four detainees are allowed regular visits from their

families and periods of exercise; visitors may bring them

clothing, reading matter, cigarettes and fruit. Although

they are not required to do any work, detainees receive the

same prison diet as working prisoners, as well as certain

supplements. They can also send and receive an unlimited

quantity of mail.

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