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PROF. C. J. HAMSON
GLYN HARDWICKE
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CHAIRMAN OF COUNCIL: THE RT. HON. LORD GARDINER
VICE-CHAIRMAN:
SIR JOHN FOSTER, K.B.E., Q.C., M.P.
CHAIRMAN OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:
GEOFFREY GARRETT
VICE-CHAIRMAN:
LEWIS HAWSER, Q.C.
HONORARY TREASURER:
THE RT. HON. SIR ELWYN JONES, Q.C., M.P.
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DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH
ALEC SAMUELS
SECRETARY:
TOM SARGANT, O.B.E., J.P.
LEGAL SECRETARY:
R. C. H. BRIGGS
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PAUL SIEGHART
THE HON. SAM SILKIN, Q.C., M.P.
PETER WEBSTER, Q.C.
CHARLES WEGG-PROSSER WILLIAM WELLS, Q.C., M.P.
BASIL WIGODER, Q.C.
YOUR REF.
OUR REF.
ALL COMMUNICATIONS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE SECRETARY
5th June, 1973.
Dear Sir Abe,
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I am writing as Chairman of JUSTICE and on behalf of our Hong Kong Branch to seek your urgent intervention in relation to four Bills which are about to be considered by the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. It is my understanding that in relation to legislation concerning law and order you have a power to intervene.
The matter is summarised in the enclosed copy of a letter from Henry Litton, Q.C., Chairman of our Hong Kong Branch. We have a good deal of additional background information but at this stage I feel that the important point to emphasise is that these four Bills, if they are passed, will seriously erode the Rule of Law in Hong Kong and will create a situation far below the standards which are univer- sally recognised here and be quite irreconcilable with current international thought.
Apart from our view that the measures if adopted would not materially advance the Hong Kong Government's quite proper wish to combat violent crime, our objections are based partly on the content of the proposed legislation and partly perhaps far more seriously - upon the existing defects in the Criminal Court system in Hong Kong and, above all, the very limited availability of legal aid.
Our immediate aim is to seek your assistance in ensuring that this legislation is not pushed through the Legislative Council without full and exhaustive examination and without serious debate. We should like to have an opportunity of sending a delegation to the Foreign Office to discuss this matter in more detail but clearly the
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