TNAG-0186-FCO40-222-Special-branch-reports-on-Communist-activities-1969 — Page 21

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(g)

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ical note at annexure "E")

TANG Chai On (6772/7871/1344), owner of the Yue Wo

Tong Oyster Restaurant in Lau Fau Shan, N.T., and

Chairman of the Ha Chuen Rural Committee, (biographical

note at annexure "F").

Haji A.V. Careem, (biographical note at annexure "G")

On 11th July, 1969, Vincent Shepherd and IU Man Pok were

appointed Chairman and Secretary respectively of the L.A.C.

As Vincent Shepherd left Hong Kong for Europe on 19th July, 1969

it appears that he was so appointed to conduct L.A.C. activities

outside Hong Kong

III LEGAL IMPLICATIONS

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As regards the legal implications of preventing L.A.C.

personalities entering the Colony, Hon Attorney-General and

the Director of Immigration have given their views, Under

section 11 (1) of the Immigration (Control and Offences)

Ordinance, Cap 243, the Director of Immigration is empowered to

refuse entry to various categories of immigrant One such

category defined in section 11 (1) (g) is "an immigrant suspected

of being likely to promote sedition or to cause a disturbance of

the public tranquillity" An 'immigrant' is defined as "any

person other than a person born in the Colony and in possession of

documentary proof of such birth"

11. Section 22 of the Ordinance empowers the Director of

Immigration to limit the stay of any immigrant entering the Colony.

Section 49 provides for appeals against a decision of the

Director of Immigration under Section 11 (1) and 22 by way of

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the Governor in Council.

13. The Committee members now out of the Colony, Ellis,

Shepherd, Gillow and Pradley are immigrants under the Immigration

(Control and Offences) Ordinance. On the strength of their previ-

our activities, Ellis, Shepherd and Gillow might well be classi-

fied as persons whose actions might be construed to some degree as

likely to cause a disturbance of the public tranquillity On the other

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