Bowen Wells Esq MP
House of Commons
LONDON
SW1A OAA
CIVIL LIBERTIES IN HONG KONG
28 JUN 130
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Thank you for your letter of 25 June, enclosing one from
Mr Robert Archer on behalf of the Catholic Institute for
International Relations and Hong Kong Link, about the
prosecution of certain individuals in Hong Kong under the
Summary Offences Ordinance.
As you will appreciate, these matters are sub judice,
pending further court hearings, and for this reason I cannot
comment on the particular circumstances of the specific cases quoted in Mr Archer's letter.
Mr Archer describes the relevant laws as "trivial", I would like to make the general point that restrictions in Hong
Kong on the use of loudspeakers and the collection of money
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