TNAG-1705-FCO40-2377-Counterfeiting-and-forgery-provisions-in-Hong-Kong-1987 — Page 57

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FM FCO

TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

TELNO 3132

OF 27171OZ NOVEMBER 87

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30 NOV 1927 UNCLASSIFIED

INDRA

PA

004076

MDHOAN 3883

COP DIST

FOR WONG A G'S CHAMBERS, FROM MORRIS, HKD

YOUR FAX OF 26 NOVEMBER REVIEW OF LONG-TERM PRISON SENTENCES

YOUR

MY LETTER TO YOU OF 20 NOVEMBER READS AS FOLLOWS

BEGINS

IN RESPONSE TO YOUR FAX OF 6 NOVEMBER, ENCLOSE COPIES WHICH MAY BE OF HELP TO YOU.

1.

2=

PARAGRAPH 4 OF CIRCULAR 577/60 CONVEYED A REQUEST NEXT

THREE WORDS UNDERLINED (NOT AN INSTRUCTION) TO RECIPIENTS OF THE CIRCULAR TO INFORM HMG OF ANY CHANGES (OF LEGISLATION) MADE AS A

RESULT OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS CONTAINED IN THE ACCOMPANYING MEMORANDUM.

3. I ENCLOSE A COPY OF A HONG KONG SAVINGRAM, NO 2524 DATED 29 NOVEMBER 1960, WHICH ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF CIRCULAR 577/60 AND SAYS, IN PARAGRAPH 2, THAT QUOTE IT IS PROPOSED TO EMBODY THESE RECOMMENDED CHANGES IN LEGISLATION UNQUOTE. I DO NOT KNOW

WHETHER ANY SUCH LEGISLATION WAS EVER ENACTED.

4.

I AM STILL TRYING TO DISCOVER WHETHER THERE IS A UNIFORM

SYSTEM OF PERIODIC REVIEWS OF LONG-TERM PRISON SENTENCES IN ALL

BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES, BUT IN VIEW OF THE URGENCY OF YOUR REQUEST I AM SENDING THIS INTERIM REPLY. I WILL SEND YOU FURTHER

INFORMATION BY TELEGRAM AS SOON AS I CAN.

ENDS

HOWE

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