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19 MAR 1987
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TO: THE RT. HON. SIR GEOFFREY HOWE,2.0., M.P., H.X. SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS.
DATE: 16.3.87
FROM: THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS, FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS CLUB, HONG KONG,
WE WOULD RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN APPOINTMENT AT YOUR EARLIEST CONVENIENCE TO DISCUSS OUR OPPOSITION TO THE RECENTLY-PASSED PUBLIC ORDER ORDINANCE IN THIS COLONY.
GISTRY
Action Taken
AS YOU WILL BE AWARE, THERE ARE MISGIVINGS ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF THIS LEGISLATION BEING USED NOT ONLY TO SHACKLE THE PRESS, BUT THE PUBLIC AT LARGE.
IF YOU CAN FIT US INTO YOUR SCHEDULE, WE CAN HAVE A DELEGATE (PROBABLY ME) THERE IS 24 HOURS,
I AM SURE YOU HAVE BEEN ADVISED THAT THIS WHOLE MATTER IS BUILDING UP A HEAD OF STEAM JUST WHEN THE NEW GOVERNOR IS DUE TO ARRIVE.
IF
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EEETING IS POSSSSSIBLE, WE SHOULD BE MOST GRATEFUL.
JIM SIDDULPH,
PRESIDENT, BOARD OF GOVERNORS.
TO: FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE, LONDON.
DATE:
13.5.87
PLEASE UNPASS TO GIR DAVID WILSON, GOVERNOR-DESIGNATE OF HONG KONG.
FROM: THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS, THE FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS CLUB OF HÙNG KONG,
FROM: THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS, THE FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS' CLUB, HONG KONG,
WE WOULD LIKE TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PUBLIC ORDER
ORDINANCE, 1987, RECENTLY PASSED BY THE LOISLATIVE COUNCIL. THIS SEEM TO US. TO POSE GRAVE HAZARDS NOT ONLY TO THE FALEDUN
OF THE PRESS BUT TO THE EXPRESSION OF PULIC OPINION IN ANY
CIRCUMSTANCES. THE SILL MA, NOT ORCOME AN ORDINANCE AND PART
UF HONG KONG LAW. IS IT POSSIBLE TO STOP THIS BECOMING ENSHRINED
IN OUR STATUTES FOR THE NEXT SIXTY YEARS?
YOU WILL, NO DOUBT BE BESEIGED BY OTHER DELEGATIONS IN THE
NEXT FEW WEEKS. WE ARE PREPARED TO SEND OUR OWN DELEGATE, IF IT WILL HELP DORT OUT WHAT CEEMS LIKE A DREADFUL MESS.
JIM SIDDULPH,
PRESIDENT, FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS' CLUS.
PS. YOU ARE ALL DAY Stokes Tu qrUNK TO THE 7.0.0. ITSI A UF ARRIVIN^.......
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