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MIPT: PUBLIC ORDER (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE

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TEXT OF HKUSU LETTER TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE IS AS

WITH REGARD TO THE ENACTMENT OF THE PUBLIC ORDER

(AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE 1987 (REGARDING A NEW SECTION 27 OF THE

PUBLIC ORDER ORDINANCE) BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF HONG KONG

ON 11TH OF MARCH, 1987., THE UNDERSIGNED HAVE PROCLAIMED A QUOTE DECLARATION UNQUOTE AND HAVE COLLECTED 4485 SIGNATURES IN SUPPORT

OF THE QUOTE DECLARATION UNQUOTE AMONG THE STUDENTS IN THE

UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, THE HONG KONG SHUE YAN COLLEGE AND THE

HONG KONG TECHNICAL TEACHERS' COLLEGE.

THE FOLLOWING IS A TRANSLATION OF THE ORIGINAL TEXT OF

THE QUOTE DECLARATION UNQUOTE WRITTEN IN THE CHINESE LANGUAGE:

REGARDING THE PASSING OF THE PUBLIC (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE

IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON 11TH MARCH, AND, IN

PARTICULAR, THE PROVISION REGARDING QUOTE FALSE NEWS UNQUOTE, WE HOLD THE FOLLOWING OPINIONS:

1. WE WERE SHOCKED BY AND DEEPLY REGRETTED THE FACT THAT

THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL HASTILY PASSED THE SECOND AND

THIRD READINGS OF THE BILL DESPITE WIDESPREAD OPPOSITION

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