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PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION QUESTION

HOUSE OF COMMONS: FOR WRITTEN ANSWER

HEAD OF

Please submit:

HKD

a draft answer and background

to Parliamentary Relations Unit before NOON 25/7/90

DATE TABLED:

23/7/90

WHITE O.P. DATE

FOR

26/7/90

SERIAL NO:

3016

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WRITTEN ANSWER ON

26/7/90

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QUESTION

MR. CLIVE SOLEY [HAMMERSMITH]

To ask the Secretary of State:

what estimate the Hong Kong government is able to make of the total amount collected in the pro-democracy rallies of 1989; and whether anyone was charged with the offence of collecting money without a permit.

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31 JUL 1990

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TO PS/

THE EARL OF CAITHNESS

(Minister)

for approval by

NOON

26 JUL 1990

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Reply

Me

LENNOX - BOYD

ANSWER

(Ministef)

The Hong Kong Government have not made an estimate of the total amount of money collected at large scale rallies during 1989 and do not consider it appropriate to do so. In the immediate aftermath of June 4 1989 when public emotions ran high, the law was applied in a flexible manner and no-one was charged with ccllecting money in public without

a permit.

Copy to:

Private Secretary

PS/ MR LENNUX-BYD

(Minister)

Parliamentary Clerk

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Authorised

& Mod

سلا می میره

(Head of Dept)