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State have been of the opinion that they would not
be supported in the House of Commons if they were
to advise that death sentences should be carried
out in Hong Kong. Moreover, there are no signs
that this attitude of the House of Commons is likely
to change in the immediate future.
I well understand the sense of frustration
of Honourable Members, which is shared by your Government.
I am authorised by His Excellency to say
that he fully recognises the fierceness of conviction
with which so many residents of Hong Kong hold the
view that, unless the death penalty is carried out in
appropriate cases, the flood of crime and violence.
will not be turned back.
In recognition of these factors he has once
again represented to the Secretary of State in the
strongest terms the wish of Hong Kong for a restoration
of the death penalty in those cases in which the.
circumstances of the crime leave no reasonable
justification for clemency.
His Excellency bas asked me to say that he
accepts the fact that public opinion on this issue is
so strong and so universal that a change to current
practice must be made in terms which go some way to
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