TNAG-1274-FCO40-1624-Vietnamese-refugees-in-Hong-Kong-1983 — Page 251

POINTS TO MAKE

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT (DEFENSIVE)

5.

Understand strength of feeling in Hong Kong ont his. But

there has been no change in the position since 1973.

6.

[If raised]. If Parliament were to reintroduce capital

punishment in the UK, situation clearly different. But by no means

certain. Moreover likely that only certain types of murder would be

affected.

Hong Kong Department

30 June 1983