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Note No.
VISIT OF DEPUTY UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE
SIR LESLIE MONSON)
TO HONG KONG, OCTOBER 1969
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CORRUPTION
was prepared for
The attached note sete out the background up to
the time of Lord Shepherd's visit to Hong Kong in
June 1969. During that visit the Governor expressed
the hope that the Foreign and Commonwealth Office would
resolutely support the measures in the Bill and in a
discussion with the Commissioner of Police Lord Shepherd
promised his general support although at that time the
precise nature of the proposed measures was not known.
2. The draft Bill referred to in paragraph 2(b) of
the note has since been published in the Colony
(on 25 July) for the purpose of assessing public
reaction to the somewhat stringent measures it
contains (particularly in relation to the public
service). The views of the Hong Kong Public Service
Staff Associations, the Bar Association, the Law
Society and the Exchange Banks Association have been
specifically sought.
3. A copy of the Bill has been received in the
Department and has been considered by the Legal
Advisers who have raised certain queries on it, a few
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of which are of a fundamental nature.
These queries
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