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PQ BY DONALD ANDERSON MP: PUBLIC ORDER (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE

1. MR ANDERSON HAS PUT DOWN THE FOLLOWING PQ FOR WRITTEN ANSWER

ON 10 APRIL:

QUOTE TO ASK THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS, WHAT RERESENTATIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED ABOUT THE HONG

KONG LAW ABOUT THE PUBLICATION OF FALSE NEWS: AND WHAT

CONSULTATIONS HAVE BEEN HELD WITH THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT ON THE

SUBJECT UNQUOTE.

2. WE SHALL RECOMMEND THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE IN REPLY SHOULD

REFER TO MR RENTON'S REPLY TO MR ROBERT ATKINS MP ON 3 APRIL (OUR TELNO 946) THE FINAL VERSION OF WHICH WAS AS FOLLOWS:

QUOTE WE HAVE RECEIVED A NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THIS

ORDINANCE. IN REPLY WE HAVE MADE CLEAR THAT WHILE THIS IS

PRIMARILY A MATTER FOR THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT, WE SUPPORT THE

ACTION THEY HAVE TAKEN. THE LEGISLATION PASSED BY A LARGE

MAJORITY IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF HONG KONG ON 11 MARCH

INCLUDED THE REPEAL OF A NUMBER OF STRINGENT PROVISIONS OF THE

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