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Bowen Wells Esq MP
House of Commons
LONDON
SW1A OAA
Thank you for your letter of 14 August to
Lynda Chalker following up some points on civil liberties
in Hong Kong.
You may rest assured that neither we nor the Hong
Kong Government wish in any way to impede the development
of democracy in Hong Kong. We took a substantial step
forward in the process of democratisation by our decision
to introduce 18 directly elected seats in 1991. It is
crucial that these elections are a success. But this
does not mean that those campaigning or protesting about
a particular point should be entitled to disregard the
law.
As Francis Maude pointed out in his letter to you of
29 Júne, regulations to restrict the use of loudspeakers
and the collection of money are reasonable measures for
the protection of the public. The laws involved are long
standing and widely understood and respected by the
community in Hong Kong. We, in the United Kingdom, also
have laws relating to the use of loudspeakers and the
collection of money which are designed for similar purposes, for example Section 62 of the Control of
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