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However, the Bill does seek, inter alia,

to facilitate the removal from the Colony

of persons (including citizens of the

United Kingdom and Colonies who are not

belongers of Hong Kong) who misbehave or

whose behaviour is not, in the opinion of

the Governor-in-Council, conducive to the

public good.

You may like to see the enclosed copy

of the Explanatory Memorandum on the Bill

which has been prepared by the Acting

Attorney General, Hong Kong, and which lists

those changes of substance which the Bill

seeks to make in the Colony's system of

immigration control. The Memorandum relates,

of course, to the Bill in the form in which

it was introduced into the legislature.

We have agreed with the Governor that certain

amendments should be introduced at the

Committee Stage (the Second Reading has

been deferred until 1 October). These

amendments are as follows:-

(a) We considered that in certain cases

involving the removal or deportation

of citizens of the United Kingdom

and Colonies from Hong Kong there

should be provision for recourse

to some form of independent

authority (such as a Judge in

Chambers): such authority would

make recommendations to the Governor

or Governor-in-Council, as the case

may be, before decisions whether to

remove (under Clause 17 (1) (c)) or

/deport

2.

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