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VISIT OF DEPUTY UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE
(SIR LESLIE MONSON)
TO HONG KONG
OCTOBER, 1969
EMERGENCY LEGISLATION AND THE
PUBLIC ORDER ORDINANCE
The background subject
The background subject is set out in the Annex to
this note.
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There are no matters calling for comment so far
as emergency legislation is concerned.
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Matters now in issue are related to the Public
Order Ordinance and are confined to those raised in our
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Saving Despatch No. 208 (see copy attached). (The point
dealt with in paragraph 2 of the Saving Despatch has
already been resolved since Lord Shepherd agreed, during
his visit to Hong Kong in June, to accept the Governor's views.) It is likely that the Hong Kong authorities will
resist some, at least, of the remaining proposals in our
despatch. There is reason to believe that differences
of opinion have arisen between the Attorney General and
the Commissioner of Police on these points, the latter
being more likely to offer the stronger resistance.
14. A reply to our Saving Despatch has now been out-
(during part of which the Attorney General has been on leave) standing for more than four months and we are anxious
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that the amending Bill should become law as soon as
possible, to avoid renewed criticism of the legislation
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