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SIGNIFICANT CHANGES ARE NOT NOW LIKELY.

6. ADDITIONAL POSSIBLE SUBJECTS FOR SUPPLEMENTARIES:

(A) PUBLIC ORDER ORDINANCE- LATEST EXCHANGE ON THIS ENDS WITH OUR TELEGRAMS 13 OF 8 JANUARY 1981 AND 49 OF 20 JANUARY 1981. (B) SCOP G CHIEF SECRETARY HAS STATED PUBLICLY IN PRESS RECENTLY THAT SCOPG IS AN ATTEMPT SIMPLY TO KNOW MORE ABOUT INTENT, MAKE-UP, BACKGROUND AND TERMS OF REFERENCE OF VARIOUS CONCERNED ORGANISATIONS IN CONTACT WITH GOVERNMENT. IT IS A LARGE LOW-LEVEL COMMITTEE WHICH SEEKS NEITHER TO SUBVERT OR TO INFILTRATE: IT IS IN NO WAY SINISTER AND DOES NOT IMPLY ANY CRITICISM OF THE MANY HIGHLY RESPECTED AND RESPECTABLE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN SUCH ORGANISATIONS.

(C) TAI WOR PING CLEARANCE- THIS NOW COMPLETED BUT LORD BROCKWAY MAY STILL MENTION. OF THE 133 WORKSHOP AND FACTORY OPERATORS INVOLVED 87 HAVE COLLECTED EX GRATIA CASH ALLOWANCES OF OVER 5 MILLION DOLLARS AND REMAINING 36 WITH ELIGIBLE TRADES HAVE ACCEPTED FACTORY UNITS ELSEWHERE AND CASH ALLOWANCES. 34 OF LATTER HAVE ALREADY

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(D)CIVIL LIBERTIES IN HK- FREE PROLIFIC PRESS, RADIO TELEVISION: INDEPENDENT JUDICIARY: DOCTRINE OF HABEAS CORPUS.

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